Java tutorial
package ch.cyberduck.core.date; /* * Copyright (c) 2002-2013 David Kocher. All rights reserved. * http://cyberduck.ch/ * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * Bug fixes, suggestions and comments should be sent to feedback@cyberduck.ch */ import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public abstract class AbstractDateFormatter implements DateFormatter { private final DateFormat format; protected AbstractDateFormatter(final DateFormat format) { this.format = format; } @Override public String format(final Date input, final TimeZone zone) { synchronized (format) { format.setTimeZone(zone); return format.format(input); } } @Override public String format(final long milliseconds, final TimeZone zone) { synchronized (format) { format.setTimeZone(zone); return format.format(milliseconds); } } @Override public Date parse(final String input) throws InvalidDateException { if (StringUtils.isBlank(input)) { throw new InvalidDateException(); } synchronized (format) { try { return format.parse(input); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new InvalidDateException(e.getMessage(), e); } } } }