/* * Copyright 2013 Martin Smock <smock.martin@gmail.com> * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package li.strolch.utils.iso8601; import java.util.Date; /** * Interface for date formatting * * Martin Smock <smock.martin@gmail.com> */ public interface DateFormat { /** * format a long to string * * @param timepoint * @return the formatted string of the long value */ public String format(long timepoint); /** * format a Date to string * * @param date * @return the formatted string of the long value */ public String format(Date date); /** * parse a string to long * * @param s * @return the value parsed */ public long parseLong(String s); /** * parse a string to Date * * @param s * @return the value parsed */ public Date parse(String s); }