1   /**
2    * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
3    *
4    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
5    * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
6    * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
7    * any later version.
8    *
9    * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
10   * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
11   * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
12   * details.
13   */
14  
15  package com.liferay.portal.kernel.util;
16  
17  import java.text.Format;
18  
19  import java.util.Locale;
20  import java.util.TimeZone;
21  
22  /**
23   * <a href="FastDateFormatFactory.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
24   *
25   * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
26   */
27  public interface FastDateFormatFactory {
28  
29      public Format getDate(Locale locale);
30  
31      public Format getDate(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
32  
33      public Format getDate(TimeZone timeZone);
34  
35      public Format getDateTime(Locale locale);
36  
37      public Format getDateTime(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
38  
39      public Format getDateTime(TimeZone timeZone);
40  
41      public Format getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern);
42  
43      public Format getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern, Locale locale);
44  
45      public Format getSimpleDateFormat(
46          String pattern, Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
47  
48      public Format getSimpleDateFormat(String pattern, TimeZone timeZone);
49  
50      public Format getTime(Locale locale);
51  
52      public Format getTime(Locale locale, TimeZone timeZone);
53  
54      public Format getTime(TimeZone timeZone);
55  
56  }