Package org.apache.commons.lang.time

Class FastDateFormat

java.lang.Object
java.text.Format
org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Cloneable
public class FastDateFormat extends Format

FastDateFormat is a fast and thread-safe version of SimpleDateFormat.

This class can be used as a direct replacement to SimpleDateFormat in most formatting situations. This class is especially useful in multi-threaded server environments. SimpleDateFormat is not thread-safe in any JDK version, nor will it be as Sun have closed the bug/RFE.

Only formatting is supported, but all patterns are compatible with SimpleDateFormat (except time zones - see below).

Java 1.4 introduced a new pattern letter, 'Z', to represent time zones in RFC822 format (eg. +0800 or -1100). This pattern letter can be used here (on all JDK versions).

In addition, the pattern 'ZZ' has been made to represent ISO8601 full format time zones (eg. +08:00 or -11:00). This introduces a minor incompatibility with Java 1.4, but at a gain of useful functionality.

Since:
2.0
Version:
$Id: FastDateFormat.java 1057072 2011-01-10 01:55:57Z niallp $
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  • Field Details

    • FULL

      public static final int FULL
      FULL locale dependent date or time style.
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    • LONG

      public static final int LONG
      LONG locale dependent date or time style.
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    • MEDIUM

      public static final int MEDIUM
      MEDIUM locale dependent date or time style.
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    • SHORT

      public static final int SHORT
      SHORT locale dependent date or time style.
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  • Constructor Details

    • FastDateFormat

      protected FastDateFormat(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)

      Constructs a new FastDateFormat.

      Parameters:
      pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
      timeZone - time zone to use, null means use default for Date and value within for Calendar
      locale - locale, null means use system default
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid or null

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getInstance()

      Gets a formatter instance using the default pattern in the default locale.

      Returns:
      a date/time formatter

    • getInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern)

      Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern in the default locale.

      Parameters:
      pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
      Returns:
      a pattern based date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

    • getInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone)

      Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern and time zone.

      Parameters:
      pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
      Returns:
      a pattern based date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

    • getInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern, Locale locale)

      Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern and locale.

      Parameters:
      pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a pattern based date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

    • getInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getInstance(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)

      Gets a formatter instance using the specified pattern, time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      pattern - SimpleDateFormat compatible pattern
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a pattern based date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid or null

    • getDateInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style)

      Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      Returns:
      a localized standard date formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getDateInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale)

      Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.

      Parameters:
      style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a localized standard date formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getDateInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone)

      Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.

      Parameters:
      style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
      Returns:
      a localized standard date formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getDateInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)

      Gets a date formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      style - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a localized standard date formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date pattern defined

    • getTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style)

      Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      Returns:
      a localized standard time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, Locale locale)

      Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.

      Parameters:
      style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a localized standard time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone)

      Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.

      Parameters:
      style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted time
      Returns:
      a localized standard time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)

      Gets a time formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      style - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted time
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a localized standard time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no time pattern defined

    • getDateTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle)

      Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style in the default time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      Returns:
      a localized standard date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getDateTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale)

      Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style and locale in the default time zone.

      Parameters:
      dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a localized standard date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getDateTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, TimeZone timeZone)

      Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style and time zone in the default locale.

      Parameters:
      dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
      Returns:
      a localized standard date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined
      Since:
      2.1

    • getDateTimeInstance

      public static FastDateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, TimeZone timeZone, Locale locale)

      Gets a date/time formatter instance using the specified style, time zone and locale.

      Parameters:
      dateStyle - date style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeStyle - time style: FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, or SHORT
      timeZone - optional time zone, overrides time zone of formatted date
      locale - optional locale, overrides system locale
      Returns:
      a localized standard date/time formatter
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the Locale has no date/time pattern defined

    • init

      protected void init()

      Initializes the instance for first use.

    • parsePattern

      protected List parsePattern()

      Returns a list of Rules given a pattern.

      Returns:
      a List of Rule objects
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if pattern is invalid

    • parseToken

      protected String parseToken(String pattern, int[] indexRef)

      Performs the parsing of tokens.

      Parameters:
      pattern - the pattern
      indexRef - index references
      Returns:
      parsed token

    • selectNumberRule

      protected org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat.NumberRule selectNumberRule(int field, int padding)

      Gets an appropriate rule for the padding required.

      Parameters:
      field - the field to get a rule for
      padding - the padding required
      Returns:
      a new rule with the correct padding

    • format

      public StringBuffer format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos)

      Formats a Date, Calendar or Long (milliseconds) object.

      Specified by:
      format in class Format
      Parameters:
      obj - the object to format
      toAppendTo - the buffer to append to
      pos - the position - ignored
      Returns:
      the buffer passed in

    • format

      public String format(long millis)

      Formats a millisecond long value.

      Parameters:
      millis - the millisecond value to format
      Returns:
      the formatted string
      Since:
      2.1

    • format

      public String format(Date date)

      Formats a Date object.

      Parameters:
      date - the date to format
      Returns:
      the formatted string

    • format

      public String format(Calendar calendar)

      Formats a Calendar object.

      Parameters:
      calendar - the calendar to format
      Returns:
      the formatted string

    • format

      public StringBuffer format(long millis, StringBuffer buf)

      Formats a milliseond long value into the supplied StringBuffer.

      Parameters:
      millis - the millisecond value to format
      buf - the buffer to format into
      Returns:
      the specified string buffer
      Since:
      2.1

    • format

      public StringBuffer format(Date date, StringBuffer buf)

      Formats a Date object into the supplied StringBuffer.

      Parameters:
      date - the date to format
      buf - the buffer to format into
      Returns:
      the specified string buffer

    • format

      public StringBuffer format(Calendar calendar, StringBuffer buf)

      Formats a Calendar object into the supplied StringBuffer.

      Parameters:
      calendar - the calendar to format
      buf - the buffer to format into
      Returns:
      the specified string buffer

    • applyRules

      protected StringBuffer applyRules(Calendar calendar, StringBuffer buf)

      Performs the formatting by applying the rules to the specified calendar.

      Parameters:
      calendar - the calendar to format
      buf - the buffer to format into
      Returns:
      the specified string buffer

    • parseObject

      public Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos)

      Parsing is not supported.

      Specified by:
      parseObject in class Format
      Parameters:
      source - the string to parse
      pos - the parsing position
      Returns:
      null as not supported

    • getPattern

      public String getPattern()

      Gets the pattern used by this formatter.

      Returns:
      the pattern, SimpleDateFormat compatible

    • getTimeZone

      public TimeZone getTimeZone()

      Gets the time zone used by this formatter.

      This zone is always used for Date formatting. If a Calendar is passed in to be formatted, the time zone on that may be used depending on getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar().

      Returns:
      the time zone

    • getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar

      public boolean getTimeZoneOverridesCalendar()

      Returns true if the time zone of the calendar overrides the time zone of the formatter.

      Returns:
      true if time zone of formatter overridden for calendars

    • getLocale

      public Locale getLocale()

      Gets the locale used by this formatter.

      Returns:
      the locale

    • getMaxLengthEstimate

      public int getMaxLengthEstimate()

      Gets an estimate for the maximum string length that the formatter will produce.

      The actual formatted length will almost always be less than or equal to this amount.

      Returns:
      the maximum formatted length

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object obj)

      Compares two objects for equality.

      Overrides:
      equals in class Object
      Parameters:
      obj - the object to compare to
      Returns:
      true if equal

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()

      Returns a hashcode compatible with equals.

      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Object
      Returns:
      a hashcode compatible with equals

    • toString

      public String toString()

      Gets a debugging string version of this formatter.

      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      a debugging string