Java String to Time toTime(String str)

Description

Parses a String as an SQL time.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Date toTime(String str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w  w  w  .  j  a v  a  2 s . c  om
 * com.mckoi.database.global.CastHelper  11 Oct 2001
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 * Mckoi SQL Database ( http://www.mckoi.com/database )
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static DateFormat[] time_format_sql;

    /**
     * Parses a String as an SQL time.
     */
    public static Date toTime(String str) {
        synchronized (time_format_sql) {
            for (int i = 0; i < time_format_sql.length; ++i) {
                try {
                    return time_format_sql[i].parse(str);
                } catch (ParseException e) {
                }
            }
            throw new RuntimeException(dateErrorString("Unable to parse string as a time ", time_format_sql));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Helper that generates an appropriate error message for a date format error.
     */
    private static String dateErrorString(String msg, DateFormat[] df) {
        String pattern = "";
        if (df[0] instanceof SimpleDateFormat) {
            SimpleDateFormat sdf = (SimpleDateFormat) df[0];
            pattern = "(" + sdf.toPattern() + ")";
        }
        return msg + pattern;
    }
}

Related

1. stringToCalendar(String stringTime)
2. stringToCalendar(String timeStr)
3. stringToTimeDate(String timeStr)
4. toTime(final String dateString)
5. toTime(String display)