Java Date Create buildDateFormat(final String pattern)

Description

Get a SimpleDateFormat object by given pattern.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
pattern	date format pattern.

Return

a SimpleDateFormat object by given pattern.

Declaration

private static SimpleDateFormat buildDateFormat(final String pattern) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Main {
    private static final ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> simpleDateFormatCache = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>();

    /**/*www.  j ava2  s .co  m*/
     * Get a SimpleDateFormat object by given pattern.
     * 
     * @param pattern date format pattern.
     * @return a SimpleDateFormat object by given pattern.
     */
    private static SimpleDateFormat buildDateFormat(final String pattern) {

        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = simpleDateFormatCache.get();
        if (simpleDateFormat == null) {
            simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat();
            simpleDateFormatCache.set(simpleDateFormat);
        }
        simpleDateFormat.applyPattern(pattern);
        return simpleDateFormat;
    }
}

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