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17  package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.datetime;
18  
19  import java.text.ParseException;
20  import java.text.ParsePosition;
21  import java.util.Date;
22  import java.util.Locale;
23  import java.util.TimeZone;
24  
25  /**
26   * Copied from Commons Lang 3
27   */
28  public interface DateParser {
29  
30      /**
31       * Equivalent to DateFormat.parse(String). 
32       * 
33       * See {@link java.text.DateFormat#parse(String)} for more information. 
34       * @param source A <code>String</code> whose beginning should be parsed. 
35       * @return A <code>Date</code> parsed from the string
36       * @throws ParseException if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.
37       */
38      Date parse(String source) throws ParseException;
39  
40      /**
41       * Equivalent to DateFormat.parse(String, ParsePosition). 
42       * 
43       * See {@link java.text.DateFormat#parse(String, ParsePosition)} for more information. 
44       * 
45       * @param source A <code>String</code>, part of which should be parsed.
46       * @param pos A <code>ParsePosition</code> object with index and error index information 
47       * as described above. 
48       * @return A <code>Date</code> parsed from the string. In case of error, returns null. 
49       * @throws NullPointerException if text or pos is null.
50       */
51      Date parse(String source, ParsePosition pos);
52  
53      // Accessors
54      //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
55      /**
56       * <p>Get the pattern used by this parser.</p>
57       * 
58       * @return the pattern, {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat} compatible
59       */
60      String getPattern();
61  
62      /**
63       * <p>
64       * Get the time zone used by this parser.
65       * </p>
66       * 
67       * <p>
68       * The default {@link TimeZone} used to create a {@link Date} when the {@link TimeZone} is not specified by
69       * the format pattern.
70       * </p>
71       * 
72       * @return the time zone
73       */
74      TimeZone getTimeZone();
75  
76      /**
77       * <p>Get the locale used by this parser.</p>
78       * 
79       * @return the locale
80       */
81      Locale getLocale();
82  
83      /**
84       * Parses text from a string to produce a Date.
85       * 
86       * @param source A <code>String</code> whose beginning should be parsed.
87       * @return a <code>java.util.Date</code> object
88       * @throws ParseException if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.
89       * @see java.text.DateFormat#parseObject(String) 
90       */
91      Object parseObject(String source) throws ParseException;
92  
93      /**
94       * Parse a date/time string according to the given parse position.
95       * 
96       * @param source A <code>String</code> whose beginning should be parsed.
97       * @param pos the parse position
98       * @return a <code>java.util.Date</code> object
99       * @see java.text.DateFormat#parseObject(String, ParsePosition) 
100      */
101     Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos);
102 }