org.apache.commons.lang.time
Class FastDateFormat

java.lang.Object
  extended byjava.text.Format
      extended byorg.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, Serializable

public class FastDateFormat
extends Format

FastDateFormat is a fast and thread-safe version of SimpleDateFormat.

This class can be used as a direct replacement to SimpleDateFormat in most formatting situations. This class is especially useful in multi-threaded server environments. SimpleDateFormat is not thread-safe in any JDK version, nor will it be as Sun have closed the bug/RFE.

Only formatting is supported, but all patterns are compatible with SimpleDateFormat (except time zones - see below).

Java 1.4 introduced a new pattern letter, 'Z', to represent time zones in RFC822 format (eg. +0800 or -1100). This pattern letter can be used here (on all JDK versions).

In addition, the pattern 'ZZ' has been made to represent ISO8601 full format time zones (eg. +08:00 or -11:00). This introduces a minor incompatibility with Java 1.4, but at a gain of useful functionality.

Since:
2.0
Version:
$Id: FastDateFormat.java 165657 2005-05-02 18:31:49Z ggregory $
Author:
TeaTrove project, Brian S O'Neill, Sean Schofield, Gary Gregory, Stephen Colebourne, Nikolay Metchev
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Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes inherited from class java.text.Format
Format.Field
 
Field Summary
static int FULL
          FULL locale dependent date or time style.
static int LONG
          LONG locale dependent date or time style.
static int MEDIUM
          MEDIUM locale dependent date or time style.
static int SHORT
          SHORT locale dependent date or time style.
 
Constructor Summary
protected FastDateFormat(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)
          Constructs a new FastDateFormat.
 
Method Summary
protected  StringBuffer applyRules(Calendar calendar, StringBuffer buf)
          Performs the formatting by applying the rules to the specified calendar.
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Compare two objects for equality.
 String format(Calendar calendar)
          Formats a Calendar object.
 StringBuffer format(Calendar calendar, StringBuffer buf)
          Formats a Calendar object into the supplied StringBuffer.
 String format(Date date)
          Formats a Date object.
 StringBuffer format(Date date, StringBuffer buf)
          Formats a Date object into the supplied StringBuffer.
 String format(long millis)
          Formats a millisecond long value.
 StringBuffer format(long millis, StringBuffer buf)
          Formats a milliseond long value into the supplied StringBuffer.
 StringBuffer format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)
          Formats a Date, Calendar or Long (milliseconds) object.
static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style)
          Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.
static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale)
          Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.
static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone)
          Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.
static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)
          Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.
static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle)
          Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.
static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale)
          Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.
static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, TimeZone timeZone)
          Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.
static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)
          Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.
static FastDateFormat getInstance()
          Gets a formatter instance using the default pattern in the default locale.
static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern)
          Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern in the default locale.
static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern, Locale locale)
          Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern and locale.
static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone)
          Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern and time zone.
static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)
          Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern, time zone and locale.
 Locale getLocale()
          Gets the locale used by this formatter.
 int getMaxLengthEstimate()
          Gets an estimate for the maximum string length that the formatter will produce.
 String getPattern()
          Gets the pattern used by this formatter.
static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style)
          Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.
static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, Locale locale)
          Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.
static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone)
          Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.
static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)
          Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.
 TimeZone getTimeZone()
          Gets the time zone used by this formatter.
 boolean getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar()
          Returns true if the time zone of the calendar overrides the time zone of the formatter.
 int hashCode()
          A suitable hashcode.
protected  void init()
          Initialise the instance for first use.
 Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos)
          Parsing not supported.
protected  List parsePattern()
          Returns a list of Rules given a pattern.
protected  String parseToken(String pattern, int[] indexRef)
          Performs the parsing of tokens.
protected  org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat.NumberRule selectNumberRule(int field, int padding)
          Gets an appropriate rule for the padding required.
 String toString()
          Gets a debugging string version of this formatter.
 
Methods inherited from class java.text.Format
clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

FULL

public static final int FULL
FULL locale dependent date or time style.

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Constant Field Values

LONG

public static final int LONG
LONG locale dependent date or time style.

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Constant Field Values

MEDIUM

public static final int MEDIUM
MEDIUM locale dependent date or time style.

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Constant Field Values

SHORT

public static final int SHORT
SHORT locale dependent date or time style.

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Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

FastDateFormat

protected FastDateFormat(String pattern,
                         TimeZone timeZone,
                         Locale locale)

Constructs a new FastDateFormat.

Parameters:
pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
timeZone - time zone to use, null means use default for Date and value within for Calendar
locale - locale, null means use system default
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid or null
Method Detail

getInstance

public static FastDateFormat getInstance()

Gets a formatter instance using the default pattern in the default locale.

Returns:
a date/time formatter

getInstance

public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern)

Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern in the default locale.

Parameters:
pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
Returns:
a pattern based date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

getInstance

public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern,
                                         TimeZone timeZone)

Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern and time zone.

Parameters:
pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
Returns:
a pattern based date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

getInstance

public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern,
                                         Locale locale)

Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern and locale.

Parameters:
pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a pattern based date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

getInstance

public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern,
                                         TimeZone timeZone,
                                         Locale locale)

Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern, time zone and locale.

Parameters:
pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a pattern based date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid or null

getDateInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style)

Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.

Parameters:
style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
Returns:
a localized standard date formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getDateInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style,
                                             Locale locale)

Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.

Parameters:
style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a localized standard date formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getDateInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style,
                                             TimeZone timeZone)

Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.

Parameters:
style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
Returns:
a localized standard date formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getDateInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style,
                                             TimeZone timeZone,
                                             Locale locale)

Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.

Parameters:
style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a localized standard date formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined

getTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style)

Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.

Parameters:
style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
Returns:
a localized standard time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
                                             Locale locale)

Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.

Parameters:
style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a localized standard time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
                                             TimeZone timeZone)

Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.

Parameters:
style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted time
Returns:
a localized standard time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
                                             TimeZone timeZone,
                                             Locale locale)

Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.

Parameters:
style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted time
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a localized standard time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined

getDateTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                 int timeStyle)

Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.

Parameters:
dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
Returns:
a localized standard date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getDateTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                 int timeStyle,
                                                 Locale locale)

Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.

Parameters:
dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a localized standard date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getDateTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                 int timeStyle,
                                                 TimeZone timeZone)

Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.

Parameters:
dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
Returns:
a localized standard date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined
Since:
2.1

getDateTimeInstance

public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
                                                 int timeStyle,
                                                 TimeZone timeZone,
                                                 Locale locale)

Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.

Parameters:
dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
Returns:
a localized standard date/time formatter
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined

init

protected void init()

Initialise the instance for first use.


parsePattern

protected List parsePattern()

Returns a list of Rules given a pattern.

Returns:
a List of Rule objects
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

parseToken

protected String parseToken(String pattern,
                            int[] indexRef)

Performs the parsing of tokens.

Parameters:
pattern - the pattern
indexRef - index references
Returns:
parsed token

selectNumberRule

protected org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat.NumberRule selectNumberRule(int field,
                                                                                  int padding)

Gets an appropriate rule for the padding required.

Parameters:
field - the field to get a rule for
padding - the padding required
Returns:
a new rule with the correct padding

format

public StringBuffer format(Object obj,
                           StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                           FieldPosition pos)

Formats a Date, Calendar or Long (milliseconds) object.

Parameters:
obj - the object to format
toAppendTo - the buffer to append to
pos - the position - ignored
Returns:
the buffer passed in

format

public String format(long millis)

Formats a millisecond long value.

Parameters:
millis - the millisecond value to format
Returns:
the formatted string
Since:
2.1

format

public String format(Date date)

Formats a Date object.

Parameters:
date - the date to format
Returns:
the formatted string

format

public String format(Calendar calendar)

Formats a Calendar object.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to format
Returns:
the formatted string

format

public StringBuffer format(long millis,
                           StringBuffer buf)

Formats a milliseond long value into the supplied StringBuffer.

Parameters:
millis - the millisecond value to format
buf - the buffer to format into
Returns:
the specified string buffer
Since:
2.1

format

public StringBuffer format(Date date,
                           StringBuffer buf)

Formats a Date object into the supplied StringBuffer.

Parameters:
date - the date to format
buf - the buffer to format into
Returns:
the specified string buffer

format

public StringBuffer format(Calendar calendar,
                           StringBuffer buf)

Formats a Calendar object into the supplied StringBuffer.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to format
buf - the buffer to format into
Returns:
the specified string buffer

applyRules

protected StringBuffer applyRules(Calendar calendar,
                                  StringBuffer buf)

Performs the formatting by applying the rules to the specified calendar.

Parameters:
calendar - the calendar to format
buf - the buffer to format into
Returns:
the specified string buffer

parseObject

public Object parseObject(String source,
                          ParsePosition pos)

Parsing not supported.

Parameters:
source - the string to parse
pos - the parsing position
Returns:
null as not supported

getPattern

public String getPattern()

Gets the pattern used by this formatter.

Returns:
the pattern, SimpleDateFormat compatible

getTimeZone

public TimeZone getTimeZone()

Gets the time zone used by this formatter.

This zone is always used for Date formatting. If a Calendar is passed in to be formatted, the time zone on that may be used depending on getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar().

Returns:
the time zone

getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar

public boolean getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar()

Returns true if the time zone of the calendar overrides the time zone of the formatter.

Returns:
true if time zone of formatter overridden for calendars

getLocale

public Locale getLocale()

Gets the locale used by this formatter.

Returns:
the locale

getMaxLengthEstimate

public int getMaxLengthEstimate()

Gets an estimate for the maximum string length that the formatter will produce.

The actual formatted length will almost always be less than or equal to this amount.

Returns:
the maximum formatted length

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compare two objects for equality.

Parameters:
obj - the object to compare to
Returns:
true if equal

hashCode

public int hashCode()

A suitable hashcode.

Returns:
a hashcode compatible with equals

toString

public String toString()

Gets a debugging string version of this formatter.

Returns:
a debugging string


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