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11   *
12   *
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14  
15  package com.liferay.portal.kernel.util;
16  
17  import java.text.DateFormat;
18  
19  import java.util.Locale;
20  import java.util.TimeZone;
21  
22  /**
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24   *
25   * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
26   */
27  public interface DateFormatFactory {
28  
29      public DateFormat getDate(Locale locale);
30  
31      public DateFormat getDate(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
32  
33      public DateFormat getDate(TimeZone timeZone);
34  
35      public DateFormat getDateTime(Locale locale);
36  
37      public DateFormat getDateTime(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
38  
39      public DateFormat getDateTime(TimeZone timeZone);
40  
41      public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern);
42  
43      public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern, Locale locale);
44  
45      public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(
46          String pattern, Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
47  
48      public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone);
49  
50      public DateFormat getTime(Locale locale);
51  
52      public DateFormat getTime(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
53  
54      public DateFormat getTime(TimeZone timeZone);
55  
56  }