001/* 002 * Copyright (c) 2010-2024 Mark Allen, Norbert Bartels. 003 * 004 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 005 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 006 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 007 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 008 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 009 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 010 * 011 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 012 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 013 * 014 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 015 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 016 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 017 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 018 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 019 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN 020 * THE SOFTWARE. 021 */ 022package com.restfb.util; 023 024import java.text.DateFormat; 025 026/** 027 * The DateFormat strategy interface. 028 * <p> 029 * all DateFormat strategies have to implement this interface and return a DateFormat 030 * 031 * @since 1.7.0 032 */ 033public interface DateFormatStrategy { 034 035 /** 036 * fetch the DateFormat instance that is used to parse a date in the DateUtils 037 * 038 * @param format 039 * the format pattern as string 040 * @return a DateFormat instance 041 */ 042 DateFormat formatFor(String format); 043}