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package org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Calendar;

/**
 * This interface specifies the concept of parsing an FTP server's
 * timestamp.
 * @since 1.4
 */
public interface FTPTimestampParser {

    /**
     * the default default date format.
     */
    public static final String DEFAULT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT;
    /**
     * the default recent date format.
     */
    public static final String DEFAULT_RECENT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_RECENT_DATE_FORMAT;

    /**
     * Parses the supplied datestamp parameter.  This parameter typically would
     * have been pulled from a longer FTP listing via the regular expression
     * mechanism
     * @param timestampStr - the timestamp portion of the FTP directory listing
     * to be parsed
     * @return a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> object initialized to the date
     * parsed by the parser
     * @throws ParseException if none of the parser mechanisms belonging to
     * the implementor can parse the input.
     */
    public Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestampStr) throws ParseException;

}