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The PeriodParser.java Java example source code

/*
 *  Copyright 2001-2005 Stephen Colebourne
 *
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 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.joda.time.format;

import java.util.Locale;

import org.joda.time.ReadWritablePeriod;

/**
 * Internal interface for parsing textual representations of time periods.
 * <p>
 * Application users will rarely use this class directly. Instead, you
 * will use one of the factory classes to create a {@link PeriodFormatter}.
 * <p>
 * The factory classes are:<br />
 * - {@link PeriodFormatterBuilder}<br />
 * - {@link PeriodFormat}<br />
 * - {@link ISOPeriodFormat}<br />
 *
 * @author Brian S O'Neill
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @since 1.0
 * @see PeriodFormatter
 * @see PeriodFormatterBuilder
 * @see PeriodFormat
 */
public interface PeriodParser {

    /**
     * Parses a period from the given text, at the given position, saving the
     * result into the fields of the given ReadWritablePeriod. If the parse
     * succeeds, the return value is the new text position. Note that the parse
     * may succeed without fully reading the text.
     * <p>
     * If it fails, the return value is negative, but the period may still be
     * modified. To determine the position where the parse failed, apply the
     * one's complement operator (~) on the return value.
     *
     * @param period  a period that will be modified
     * @param periodStr  text to parse
     * @param position position to start parsing from
     * @param locale  the locale to use for parsing
     * @return new position, if negative, parse failed. Apply complement
     * operator (~) to get position of failure
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any field is out of range
     */
    int parseInto(ReadWritablePeriod period, String periodStr, int position, Locale locale);

}