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ebx-linkedin-sdk is a pure Java LinkedIn API client. It implements the v2 LinkedIn API.

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package com.echobox.api.linkedin.util;

import java.text.DateFormat;

/**
 * The DateFormat strategy interface.
 * 
 * all DateFormat strategies have to implement this interface and return a DateFormat
 * 
 */
public interface DateFormatStrategy {

  /**
   * fetch the DateFormat instance that is used to parse a date in the DateUtils
   * 
   * @param format
   *          the format pattern as string
   * @return a DateFormat instance
   */
  DateFormat formatFor(String format);
}