org.diirt.util.time

Class TimeParser

java.lang.Object

org.diirt.util.time.TimeParser

public class TimeParser
extends Object

A helper class to parse user defined time strings to absolute or relative time durations. The following return a TimeInterval - absolute "last min", "last hour", "last day", "last week" "last 5 mins", "last 5 hours", "last 5 days", "last 5 weeks" "5 mins ago", "5 hours ago", "5 days ago", "5 weeks ago" The following returns a Timestamp "now" The following returns a TimeDuration - relative "last min", "last hour", "last day", "last week" "last 5 mins", "last 5 hours", "last 5 days", "last 5 weeks" "5 mins ago", "5 hours ago", "5 days ago", "5 weeks ago"

Author:

shroffk

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TimeParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static TimeDuration	getTimeDuration(String time)
static TimeInterval	getTimeInterval(String time)
static TimeInterval	getTimeInterval(String start, String end)
static Timestamp	getTimeStamp(String time) A Helper function to help you convert various string represented time definition to an absolute Timestamp.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TimeParser

public TimeParser()

Method Detail

getTimeDuration

public static TimeDuration getTimeDuration(String time)

getTimeInterval

public static TimeInterval getTimeInterval(String time)

getTimeInterval

public static TimeInterval getTimeInterval(String start,
                                           String end)

getTimeStamp

public static Timestamp getTimeStamp(String time)

A Helper function to help you convert various string represented time definition to an absolute Timestamp.

Parameters:

time - a string represent the time

Returns:

the parsed timestamp or null