TimeParser.java

package prefuse.data.parser;

import java.sql.Time;
import java.text.DateFormat;

/**
 * DataParser instance that parses Date values as java.util.Time instances,
 * representing a particular time (but no specific date).
 * This class uses a backing {@link java.text.DateFormat} instance to
 * perform parsing. The DateFormat instance to use can be passed in to the
 * constructor, or by default the DateFormat returned by
 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#getTimeInstance(int)} with an
 * argument of {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT} is used.
 *
 * @author <a href="http://jheer.org">jeffrey heer</a>
 */
public class TimeParser extends DateParser {

    /**
     * Create a new TimeParser.
     */
    public TimeParser() {
        this(DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT));
    }
    
    /**
     * Create a new TimeParser.
     * @param dateFormat the DateFormat instance to use for parsing
     */
    public TimeParser(DateFormat dateFormat) {
        super(dateFormat);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns java.sql.Time.class.
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#getType()
     */
    public Class getType() {
        return Time.class;
    }
    
    /**
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#canParse(java.lang.String)
     */
    public boolean canParse(String val) {
        try {
            parseTime(val);
            return true;
        } catch ( DataParseException e ) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * @see prefuse.data.parser.DataParser#parse(java.lang.String)
     */
    public Object parse(String val) throws DataParseException {
        return parseTime(val);
    }
    
    /**
     * Parse a Time value from a text string.
     * @param text the text string to parse
     * @return the parsed Time value
     * @throws DataParseException if an error occurs during parsing
     */
    public Time parseTime(String text) throws DataParseException {
        m_pos.setErrorIndex(0);
        m_pos.setIndex(0);
        
        // parse the data value, convert to the wrapper type
        Time t = null;
        try {
            t = Time.valueOf(text);
            m_pos.setIndex(text.length());
        } catch ( IllegalArgumentException e ) {
            t = null;
        }
        if ( t == null ) {
            java.util.Date d1 = m_dfmt.parse(text, m_pos);
            if ( d1 != null ) {
                t = new Time(d1.getTime());
            }
        }
        
        // date format will parse substrings successfully, so we need
        // to check the position to make sure the whole value was used
        if ( t == null || m_pos.getIndex() < text.length() ) {
            throw new DataParseException("Could not parse Date: "+text);
        } else {
            return t;
        }
    }
        
} // end of class TimeParser