org.joda.time.format
Interface DateTimeParser

public interface DateTimeParser

Internal interface for parsing textual representations of datetimes.

Application users will rarely use this class directly. Instead, you will use one of the factory classes to create a DateTimeFormatter.

The factory classes are:
- DateTimeFormatterBuilder
- DateTimeFormat
- ISODateTimeFormat

Since:

1.0

Author:

Brian S O'Neill

See Also:

DateTimeFormatter, DateTimeFormatterBuilder, DateTimeFormat

Method Summary

int	estimateParsedLength() Returns the expected maximum number of characters consumed.
int	parseInto(DateTimeParserBucket bucket, String text, int position) Parse an element from the given text, saving any fields into the given DateTimeParserBucket.

Method Detail

estimateParsedLength

public int estimateParsedLength()

Returns the expected maximum number of characters consumed. The actual amount should rarely exceed this estimate.

Returns:

the estimated length

parseInto

public int parseInto(DateTimeParserBucket bucket,
                     String text,
                     int position)

Parse an element from the given text, saving any fields into the given DateTimeParserBucket. If the parse succeeds, the return value is the new text position. Note that the parse may succeed without fully reading the text.

If it fails, the return value is negative. To determine the position where the parse failed, apply the one's complement operator (~) on the return value.

Parameters:

bucket - field are saved into this, not null

text - the text to parse, not null

position - position to start parsing from

Returns:

new position, negative value means parse failed - apply complement operator (~) to get position of failure

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if any field is out of range