net.fortuna.ical4j.model
Class CalendarDateFormatFactory

java.lang.Object
  net.fortuna.ical4j.model.CalendarDateFormatFactory

public class CalendarDateFormatFactory
extends java.lang.Object

$Id: CalendarDateFormatFactory.java,v 1.4 2008/12/29 06:49:13 fortuna Exp $ [06-Apr-2004] Creates DateFormat objects optimized for common iCalendar date patterns.

Author:

Dave Nault dnault@laszlosystems.com

See Also:

getInstance(String)

Constructor Summary

CalendarDateFormatFactory()

Method Summary

static java.text.DateFormat

getInstance(java.lang.String pattern) Returns DateFormat objects optimized for common iCalendar date patterns.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CalendarDateFormatFactory

public CalendarDateFormatFactory()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static java.text.DateFormat getInstance(java.lang.String pattern)

Returns DateFormat objects optimized for common iCalendar date patterns. The DateFormats are *not* thread safe. Attempts to get or set the Calendar or NumberFormat of an optimized DateFormat will result in an UnsupportedOperation exception being thrown.

Parameters:

pattern - a SimpleDateFormat-compatible pattern

Returns:

an optimized DateFormat instance if possible, otherwise a normal SimpleDateFormat instance

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the given pattern is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given pattern is invalid