AWDateFactory.java

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    $Id: //ariba/platform/ui/aribaweb/ariba/ui/aribaweb/util/AWDateFactory.java#4 $
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package ariba.ui.aribaweb.util;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Provided as a means for users of AW Date manipulators to
 * create their own date objects.
 */
public interface AWDateFactory
{
    // Create the current date
    public Date createDate ();

    // Create a date with the local calendar
    public Date createDate (int year, int month, int day);

    // Create a date with the calendar in the specified timezone and locale
    public Date createDate (int year, int month, int day, TimeZone timezone, Locale locale);

    // Get absolute year with the calendar in the specified timezone and locale.
    // Example, 1973, not 73.
    public int getYear (java.util.Date date, TimeZone timezone, Locale locale);

    // Get month with the calendar in the specified timezone and locale.
    public int getMonth (java.util.Date date, TimeZone timezone, Locale locale);

    // Get day of month with the calendar in the specified timezone and locale.
    public int getDayOfMonth (java.util.Date date, TimeZone timezone, Locale locale);

}