net.fortuna.ical4j.model

Class CalendarDateFormatFactory

java.lang.Object

net.fortuna.ical4j.model.CalendarDateFormatFactory

public final class CalendarDateFormatFactory
extends java.lang.Object

$Id$ [06-Apr-2004] Creates DateFormat objects optimized for common iCalendar date patterns.

Author:

Dave Nault dnault@laszlosystems.com

See Also:

getInstance(String)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.text.DateFormat	getInstance(java.lang.String pattern) Returns DateFormat objects optimized for common iCalendar date patterns.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static java.text.DateFormat getInstance(java.lang.String pattern)

Returns DateFormat objects optimized for common iCalendar date patterns. The DateFormats are *not* thread safe. Attempts to get or set the Calendar or NumberFormat of an optimized DateFormat will result in an UnsupportedOperation exception being thrown.

Parameters:

pattern - a SimpleDateFormat-compatible pattern

Returns:

an optimized DateFormat instance if possible, otherwise a normal SimpleDateFormat instance