org.apache.commons.httpclient.util
Class DateParser

java.lang.Object
  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