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package com.feilong.lib.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.
     */
    String DEFAULT_SDF        = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT;

    /**
     * the default recent date format.
     */
    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 java.util.Calendar 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.
     */
    Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestampStr) throws ParseException;

}