FallbackDateParser.java

package org.openstreetmap.josm.tools;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Handles a number of different date formats encountered in OSM. This is built
 * based on similar code in JOSM. This class is not threadsafe, a separate
 * instance must be created per thread.
 *
 * @author Brett Henderson
 */
public class FallbackDateParser {

    private static final String[] formats = {
        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'",
        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ",
        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss",
        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'",
        "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ",
        "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss",
        "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss",
        "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'",
        "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ",
        "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS",
        "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ssZ",
        "MM/dd/yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss",
        "yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss"
    };

    private List<DateFormat> dateParsers;
    private int activeDateParser;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance.
     */
    public FallbackDateParser() {
        // Build a list of candidate date parsers.
        dateParsers = new ArrayList<DateFormat>(formats.length);
        for (int i = 0; i < formats.length; i++) {
            dateParsers.add(new SimpleDateFormat(formats[i]));
        }

        // We haven't selected a date parser yet.
        activeDateParser = -1;
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to parse the specified date.
     *
     * @param date
     *            The date to parse.
     * @return The date.
     * @throws ParseException
     *             Occurs if the date does not match any of the supported date
     *             formats.
     */
    public Date parse(String date) throws ParseException {
        String correctedDate;

        // Try to fix ruby's broken xmlschema - format
        // Replace this:
        // 2007-02-12T18:43:01+00:00
        // With this:
        // 2007-02-12T18:43:01+0000
        if (date.length() == 25 && date.charAt(22) == ':') {
            correctedDate = date.substring(0, 22) + date.substring(23, 25);
        } else {
            correctedDate = date;
        }

        // If we have previously successfully used a date parser, we'll try it
        // first.
        if (activeDateParser >= 0) {
            try {
                return dateParsers.get(activeDateParser).parse(correctedDate);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                // The currently active parser didn't work, so we must clear it
                // and find a new appropriate parser.
                activeDateParser = -1;
            }
        }

        // Try the date parsers one by one until a suitable format is found.
        for (int i = 0; i < dateParsers.size(); i++) {
            try {
                Date result;

                // Attempt to parse with the current parser, if successful we
                // store its index for next time.
                result = dateParsers.get(i).parse(correctedDate);
                activeDateParser = i;

                return result;

            } catch (ParseException pe) {
                // Ignore parsing errors and try the next pattern.
            }
        }

        throw new ParseException("The date string (" + date + ") could not be parsed.", 0);
    }
}