Package org.apache.tomcat.util.http

Class FastHttpDateFormat

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.util.http.FastHttpDateFormat

public final class FastHttpDateFormat
extends Object

Utility class to generate HTTP dates.

Author:

Remy Maucherat

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FastHttpDateFormat()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	formatDate(long value)	Get the HTTP format of the specified date.
static String	getCurrentDate()	Get the current date in HTTP format.
static long	parseDate(String value)	Try to parse the given date as an HTTP date.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

FastHttpDateFormat

public FastHttpDateFormat()

Method Details

getCurrentDate

public static String getCurrentDate()

Get the current date in HTTP format.

Returns:

the HTTP date

formatDate

public static String formatDate(long value)

Get the HTTP format of the specified date.

Parameters:

value - The date

Returns:

the HTTP date

parseDate

public static long parseDate(String value)

Try to parse the given date as an HTTP date.

Parameters:

value - The HTTP date

Returns:

the date as a long or -1 if the value cannot be parsed