net.noderunner.http.servlet
Class HttpDateFormat

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Format
      java.text.DateFormat
          java.text.SimpleDateFormat
              net.noderunner.http.servlet.HttpDateFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class HttpDateFormat
extends java.text.SimpleDateFormat

Parses three possible date formats: RFC 1123, RFC 1036, and ANSI C asctime(). Formats in RFC 1123 only.

Author:

Elias Ross

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

java.text.DateFormat.Field

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

AM_PM_FIELD, calendar, DATE_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_FIELD, DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH_FIELD, DAY_OF_YEAR_FIELD, DEFAULT, ERA_FIELD, FULL, HOUR_OF_DAY0_FIELD, HOUR_OF_DAY1_FIELD, HOUR0_FIELD, HOUR1_FIELD, LONG, MEDIUM, MILLISECOND_FIELD, MINUTE_FIELD, MONTH_FIELD, numberFormat, SECOND_FIELD, SHORT, TIMEZONE_FIELD, WEEK_OF_MONTH_FIELD, WEEK_OF_YEAR_FIELD, YEAR_FIELD

Constructor Summary

HttpDateFormat()
Constructs a new HttpDateFormat using RFC 1123 as output.

Method Summary

java.util.Date

parse(java.lang.String s) Parses an HTTP date.

Methods inherited from class java.text.SimpleDateFormat

applyLocalizedPattern, applyPattern, clone, equals, format, formatToCharacterIterator, get2DigitYearStart, getDateFormatSymbols, hashCode, parse, set2DigitYearStart, setDateFormatSymbols, toLocalizedPattern, toPattern

Methods inherited from class java.text.DateFormat

format, format, getAvailableLocales, getCalendar, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getDateTimeInstance, getInstance, getNumberFormat, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeInstance, getTimeZone, isLenient, parseObject, setCalendar, setLenient, setNumberFormat, setTimeZone

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

format, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HttpDateFormat

public HttpDateFormat()

Constructs a new HttpDateFormat using RFC 1123 as output.

Method Detail

parse

public java.util.Date parse(java.lang.String s)
                     throws java.text.ParseException

Parses an HTTP date.

Overrides:

parse in class java.text.DateFormat

Throws:

java.text.ParseException