Package 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

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	HttpDateFormat.HttpDateFormatter	A minimum formatter for converting java Date and LocalDateTime to String and vice-versa.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SimpleDateFormat	getPreferredDateFormat()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Use getPreferredDateFormatter instead
static HttpDateFormat.HttpDateFormatter	getPreferredDateFormatter()	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 Details

getPreferredDateFormatter

public static HttpDateFormat.HttpDateFormatter getPreferredDateFormatter()

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.

getPreferredDateFormat

@Deprecated(forRemoval=true)
public static SimpleDateFormat getPreferredDateFormat()

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Use getPreferredDateFormatter instead

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.