Class ConcurrentDateFormat

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.util.http.ConcurrentDateFormat

public class ConcurrentDateFormat
extends Object

A thread safe wrapper around SimpleDateFormat that does not make use of ThreadLocal and - broadly - only creates enough SimpleDateFormat objects to satisfy the concurrency requirements.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConcurrentDateFormat(String format, Locale locale, TimeZone timezone)	Creates a thread-safe date formatter with the specified format, locale, and timezone.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	format(Date date)	Formats the given date into a string using the configured format pattern.
Date	parse(String source)	Parses the given string into a date using the configured format pattern.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

ConcurrentDateFormat

public ConcurrentDateFormat(String format,
 Locale locale,
 TimeZone timezone)

Creates a thread-safe date formatter with the specified format, locale, and timezone.

Parameters:

format - the date format pattern

locale - the locale to use for formatting

timezone - the time zone to use for formatting

Method Details

format

public String format(Date date)

Formats the given date into a string using the configured format pattern.

Parameters:

date - the date to format

Returns:

the formatted date string

parse

public Date parse(String source)
           throws ParseException

Parses the given string into a date using the configured format pattern.

Parameters:

source - the string to parse

Returns:

the parsed date

Throws:

ParseException - if the string cannot be parsed