001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
003     *
004     * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Liferay Enterprise
005     * Subscription License ("License"). You may not use this file except in
006     * compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the License by
007     * contacting Liferay, Inc. See the License for the specific language governing
008     * permissions and limitations under the License, including but not limited to
009     * distribution rights of the Software.
010     *
011     *
012     *
013     */
014    
015    package com.liferay.portal.kernel.util;
016    
017    import java.text.DateFormat;
018    
019    import java.util.Locale;
020    import java.util.TimeZone;
021    
022    /**
023     * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
024     */
025    public interface DateFormatFactory {
026    
027            public DateFormat getDate(Locale locale);
028    
029            public DateFormat getDate(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
030    
031            public DateFormat getDate(TimeZone timeZone);
032    
033            public DateFormat getDateTime(Locale locale);
034    
035            public DateFormat getDateTime(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
036    
037            public DateFormat getDateTime(TimeZone timeZone);
038    
039            public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern);
040    
041            public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern, Locale locale);
042    
043            public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(
044                    String pattern, Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
045    
046            public DateFormat getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone);
047    
048            public DateFormat getTime(Locale locale);
049    
050            public DateFormat getTime(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
051    
052            public DateFormat getTime(TimeZone timeZone);
053    
054    }