org.apache.commons.httpclient.util
Class DateParser

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.DateParser

Deprecated. Use DateUtil

public class DateParser
extends Object

A utility class for parsing HTTP dates as used in cookies and other headers. This class handles dates as defined by RFC 2616 section 3.3.1 as well as some other common non-standard formats.

Author:
Christopher Brown, Michael Becke

Field Summary
static String PATTERN_ASCTIME
          Deprecated. Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in ANSI C asctime() format.
static String PATTERN_RFC1036
          Deprecated. Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1036 format.
static String PATTERN_RFC1123
          Deprecated. Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1123 format.
 
Method Summary
static Date parseDate(String dateValue)
          Deprecated. Parses a date value.
static Date parseDate(String dateValue, Collection dateFormats)
          Deprecated. Parses the date value using the given date formats.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

PATTERN_RFC1123

public static final String PATTERN_RFC1123
Deprecated. 
Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1123 format.

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Constant Field Values

PATTERN_RFC1036

public static final String PATTERN_RFC1036
Deprecated. 
Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in RFC 1036 format.

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Constant Field Values

PATTERN_ASCTIME

public static final String PATTERN_ASCTIME
Deprecated. 
Date format pattern used to parse HTTP date headers in ANSI C asctime() format.

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Constant Field Values
Method Detail

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String dateValue)
                      throws DateParseException
Deprecated. 
Parses a date value. The formats used for parsing the date value are retrieved from the default http params.

Parameters:
dateValue - the date value to parse
Returns:
the parsed date
Throws:
DateParseException - if the value could not be parsed using any of the supported date formats

parseDate

public static Date parseDate(String dateValue,
                             Collection dateFormats)
                      throws DateParseException
Deprecated. 
Parses the date value using the given date formats.

Parameters:
dateValue - the date value to parse
dateFormats - the date formats to use
Returns:
the parsed date
Throws:
DateParseException - if none of the dataFormats could parse the dateValue


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