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package com.cronutils.mapper.format; import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate; import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat; import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; import java.util.Locale; /* * Copyright 2015 jmrozanec * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class DateTimeFormatBuilder { private Locale locale; DateTimeFormatBuilder() { locale = Locale.US; } public DateTimeFormatBuilder usingLocale(Locale locale) { this.locale = locale; return this; } public DateTimeFormatter createPatternFor(String expression) { DateTimeFormatLocaleStrategy localeStrategy = createLocaleStrategyInstance(); Validate.notBlank(expression); expression = expression.replaceAll("\\s+", " "); expression = expression.replace(" AM", "AM").replace(" am", "am").replace(" PM", "PM").replace(" pm", "pm"); String[] parts = expression.split(" "); StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); for (String part : parts) { builder.append(String.format("%s ", localeStrategy.retrievePattern(part))); } return DateTimeFormat.forPattern(builder.toString().trim()); } private DateTimeFormatLocaleStrategy createLocaleStrategyInstance() { return new MDYDateTimeFormatLocaleStrategy(); } }