ucar.unidata.util

Class DatePattern

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.util.DatePattern

public class DatePattern
extends java.lang.Object

handle user defined simple date/time patterns (such as yyyymm hh:nn)

Version:

$Revision: 1.54 $

Author:

Willem Nieuwenhuis

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	DatePattern.DmyPattern

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DatePattern(java.lang.String dmtpat) Constructor: creates a regular expression to extract a date based on a template.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	get(char field) Retrieve the value of the field.
visad.DateTime	getDateTime()
java.lang.String	getRegex() Get the regular expression that is generated from the template
java.util.List<java.lang.Character>	getValidFields() Return the fields for which the template matched the search string.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
boolean	match(java.lang.String search) Match a search string against the compile pattern.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DatePattern

public DatePattern(java.lang.String dmtpat)

Constructor: creates a regular expression to extract a date based on a template. The template uses date/time elements only (numerically only!):

y, Y : Year m, M : Month d, D : Day h, H : Hour n, N : Minute (m is already in use for MONTH) s, S : Seconds

Parameters:

dmtpat - the user defined date/time pattern

Method Detail

getValidFields

public java.util.List<java.lang.Character> getValidFields()

Return the fields for which the template matched the search string. For example the template 'yyyymm' applied to the search string 'GLR200704' will return [YEAR, MONTH].

Returns:

The list with found fields

get

public int get(char field)

Retrieve the value of the field. If no value was parsed the value will be -1. Recognized field values are:

YEAR MONTH DAY HOUR MINUTE SECOND