1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004-2009 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springmodules.validation.util.date;
18
19 import java.util.Date;
20
21 /**
22 * <p>DateParser is a general contract to turn a string into a date or
23 * else throw an exception.
24 *
25 * @author Steven Devijver
26 * @since 25-04-2005
27 */
28 public interface DateParser {
29
30 public Date parse(String str) throws DateParseException;
31 }
32