strolch/utils/src/main/java/li/strolch/utils/iso8601/DateFormat.java

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/*
* Copyright 2013 Martin Smock <smock.martin@gmail.com>
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package li.strolch.utils.iso8601;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Interface for date formatting
*
* @author Martin Smock &lt;smock.martin@gmail.com&gt;
*/
public interface DateFormat {
/**
* format a long to string
*
* @param timepoint
* the timepoint
*
* @return the formatted string of the long value
*/
public String format(long timepoint);
/**
* format a Date to string
*
* @param date
* the date
*
* @return the formatted string of the long value
*/
public String format(Date date);
/**
* parse a string to long
*
* @param s
* the string
*
* @return the value parsed
*/
public long parseLong(String s);
/**
* parse a string to Date
*
* @param s
* the string
*
* @return the value parsed
*/
public Date parse(String s);
}