org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal

Class HttpDateFormat

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal.HttpDateFormat

public final class HttpDateFormat
extends Object

Helper class for HTTP specified date formats.

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marek Potociar

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SimpleDateFormat	getPreferredDateFormat() Get the preferred HTTP specified date format (RFC 1123).
static Date	readDate(String date) Read a date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getPreferredDateFormat

public static SimpleDateFormat getPreferredDateFormat()

Get the preferred HTTP specified date format (RFC 1123).

The date format is scoped to the current thread and may be used without requiring to synchronize access to the instance when parsing or formatting.

Returns:

the preferred of data format.

readDate

public static Date readDate(String date)
                     throws ParseException

Read a date.

Parameters:

date - the date as a string.

Returns:

the date

Throws:

ParseException - in case the date string cannot be parsed.