Package com.aquima.interactions.foundation.text.symbol

Class PatternParser

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.foundation.text.symbol.PatternParser

public class PatternParser
extends Object

This parser can be used to parse a date format pattern and use an array of Symbols to construct a DateFormat.

Since:

5.3

Author:

Jon van Leuven

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PatternParser(IDateSymbol[] symbolDefinitions)	Construct a pattern parser with the symbol defintions that could be used during parsing.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addSymbolDefinition(IDateSymbol symbol)	Add a symbol to the definitions.
IDateSymbol[]	parse(String pattern)	Parse a pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

PatternParser

public PatternParser(IDateSymbol[] symbolDefinitions)

Construct a pattern parser with the symbol defintions that could be used during parsing.

Parameters:

symbolDefinitions - Array of all Symbol definitions.

Method Details

addSymbolDefinition

public void addSymbolDefinition(IDateSymbol symbol)

Add a symbol to the definitions.

Parameters:

symbol - The symbol.

parse

public IDateSymbol[] parse(String pattern)

Parse a pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - Pattern to parse.

Returns:

An array of Symbol representing the parsed pattern.

Throws:

PatternException - When unable to parse the pattern.