Time12HoursValidator.java

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package ch13string.regex;

/**
 * Description of this file.
 *
 * @author XiongNeng
 * @version 1.0
 * @since 13-3-30
 */

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Time12HoursValidator {

    private Pattern pattern;
    private Matcher matcher;

    private static final String TIME12HOURS_PATTERN = "(1[012]|[1-9]):[0-5][0-9](\\s)?(?i)(am|pm)";

    public Time12HoursValidator() {
        pattern = Pattern.compile(TIME12HOURS_PATTERN);
    }

    /**
     * Validate time in 12 hours format with regular expression
     *
     * @param time time address for validation
     * @return true valid time fromat, false invalid time format
     */
    public boolean validate(final String time) {
        matcher = pattern.matcher(time);
        return matcher.matches();
    }
}