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package support.ui.utilities.time;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;
/**
* <p>DateParser is the "missing" interface for the parsing methods of
* {@link java.text.DateFormat}.</p>
*
* @since 3.2
*/
public interface DateParser {
/**
* Equivalent to DateFormat.parse(String).
* <p/>
* See {@link java.text.DateFormat#parse(String)} for more information.
*
* @param source A <code>String</code> whose beginning should be parsed.
* @return A <code>Date</code> parsed from the string
* @throws ParseException if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.
*/
Date parse(String source) throws ParseException;
/**
* Equivalent to DateFormat.parse(String, ParsePosition).
* <p/>
* See {@link java.text.DateFormat#parse(String, ParsePosition)} for more information.
*
* @param source A <code>String</code>, part of which should be parsed.
* @param pos A <code>ParsePosition</code> object with index and error index information
* as described above.
* @return A <code>Date</code> parsed from the string. In case of error, returns null.
* @throws NullPointerException if text or pos is null.
*/
Date parse(String source, ParsePosition pos);
// Accessors
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Get the pattern used by this parser.</p>
*
* @return the pattern, {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat} compatible
*/
String getPattern();
/**
* <p>
* Get the time zone used by this parser.
* </p>
* <p/>
* <p>
* The default {@link TimeZone} used to create a {@link Date} when the {@link TimeZone} is not specified by
* the format pattern.
* </p>
*
* @return the time zone
*/
TimeZone getTimeZone();
/**
* <p>Get the locale used by this parser.</p>
*
* @return the locale
*/
Locale getLocale();
/**
* Parses text from a string to produce a Date.
*
* @param source A <code>String</code> whose beginning should be parsed.
* @return a <code>java.util.Date</code> object
* @throws ParseException if the beginning of the specified string cannot be parsed.
* @see java.text.DateFormat#parseObject(String)
*/
Object parseObject(String source) throws ParseException;
/**
* Parse a date/time string according to the given parse position.
*
* @param source A <code>String</code> whose beginning should be parsed.
* @param pos the parse position
* @return a <code>java.util.Date</code> object
* @see java.text.DateFormat#parseObject(String, ParsePosition)
*/
Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos);
}