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Class benno.util.IntervalDescribingDateFormat 

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.text.Format
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           +----java.text.DateFormat
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                   +----benno.util.IntervalDescribingDateFormat
public class IntervalDescribingDateFormat
extends DateFormat
Formats a time interval into an English string. The format method may be passed either a Date or a number of milliseconds. Example output is: 3 secs or 4 days.

Version:
$Revision: 1.3 $
Author:
Ben Clifford

Constructor Index

o IntervalDescribingDateFormat()

Method Index

o format(Date, StringBuffer, FieldPosition)
o format(long)
really should do this the other way round - pull the ms out of the date object if we are given a date, or work natively on ms.
o parse(String, ParsePosition)
don't intend to implement this (yet)

Constructors

o IntervalDescribingDateFormat 
 public IntervalDescribingDateFormat()

Methods

o format 
 public String format(long ms)
really should do this the other way round - pull the ms out of the date object if we are given a date, or work natively on ms. But the important thing is to provide both in the API, which this does.

o format 
 public StringBuffer format(Date date,
                            StringBuffer toAppendTo,
                            FieldPosition fp)
Overrides:
format in class DateFormat
o parse 
 public Date parse(String text,
                   ParsePosition pp)
don't intend to implement this (yet)

Overrides:
parse in class DateFormat 
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