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17
18 package org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser;
19
20 import java.text.ParseException;
21 import java.util.Calendar;
22
23 /**
24 * This interface specifies the concept of parsing an FTP server's
25 * timestamp.
26 * @since 1.4
27 */
28 public interface FTPTimestampParser {
29
30 /**
31 * the default default date format.
32 */
33 public static final String DEFAULT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT;
34 /**
35 * the default recent date format.
36 */
37 public static final String DEFAULT_RECENT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_RECENT_DATE_FORMAT;
38
39 /**
40 * Parses the supplied datestamp parameter. This parameter typically would
41 * have been pulled from a longer FTP listing via the regular expression
42 * mechanism
43 * @param timestampStr - the timestamp portion of the FTP directory listing
44 * to be parsed
45 * @return a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> object initialized to the date
46 * parsed by the parser
47 * @throws ParseException if none of the parser mechanisms belonging to
48 * the implementor can parse the input.
49 */
50 public Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestampStr) throws ParseException;
51
52 }