net.time4j.format.expert

Interface ChronoParser<T>

Type Parameters:

T - generic type of chronological entity to be parsed

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChronoFormatter, MultiFormatParser

public interface ChronoParser<T>

Interpretes a text as chronological entity.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Meno Hochschild

See Also:

ChronoEntity

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	parse(CharSequence text, ParseLog status, AttributeQuery attributes) Interpretes given text starting at the position defined in parse-log.

Method Detail

parse

T parse(CharSequence text,
      ParseLog status,
      AttributeQuery attributes)

Interpretes given text starting at the position defined in parse-log.

Implementation note: Any implementation will parse the text first at the position status.getPosition() and then set the new position in the parse log if successful. In case of error the error index in the parse log will be updated instead.

Parameters:

text - text to be parsed

status - parser information (always as new instance)

attributes - control attributes

Returns:

result or null if parsing does not work

Throws:

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the start position is at end of text or even behind