org.jclouds.date
Interface DateCodec

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceIso8601Codec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceIso8601SecondsCodec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceRfc1123Codec, DateServiceDateCodecFactory.DateServiceRfc822Codec

public interface DateCodec

converting from Date->String and vice versa.

Author:

aled

See Also:

DateCodecFactory

Method Summary

Date	toDate(String date)
String	toString(Date date)

Method Detail

toDate

Date toDate(String date)
            throws IllegalArgumentException

Parameters:

toParse - text to parse

Returns:

parsed date

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the input is invalid

toString

String toString(Date date)