org.apache.ctakes.core.util
Class DateParser

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.ctakes.core.util.DateParser

public class DateParser
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

DateParser()

Method Summary

static int	getIndexAfterLastNonDigit(java.lang.String s)
static int	getIndexFirstNonLetter(java.lang.String s)
static Date	parse(org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas jcas, java.lang.String dateString) First try parsing full date (month, day and year) using java.util.Date If that fails, try extracting at least part of the date

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateParser

public DateParser()

Method Detail

parse

public static Date parse(org.apache.uima.jcas.JCas jcas,
                         java.lang.String dateString)

First try parsing full date (month, day and year) using java.util.Date If that fails, try extracting at least part of the date

getIndexFirstNonLetter

public static int getIndexFirstNonLetter(java.lang.String s)

Returns:

if entire string is letters, returns length of s

getIndexAfterLastNonDigit

public static int getIndexAfterLastNonDigit(java.lang.String s)

Returns:

if entire string is letters, returns 0