net.time4j.format

Enum Leniency

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Leniency>

net.time4j.format.Leniency

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Leniency>

public enum Leniency
extends Enum<Leniency>

Defines how lenient parsing of chronological texts should be.

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
LAX The parsed data will be interpreted without any consistency check or validation of range limits.
SMART This default mode tries to be a compromise between a pedantic and a lax strategy by paying attention to value range constraints but neglecting some constraintes like the width of numerical elements.
STRICT Ensures that all range limits and other validity constraints will be strictly controlled.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isLax() Is this leniency mode lax?
boolean	isSmart() Is this leniency mode smart?
boolean	isStrict() Is this leniency mode strict?
static Leniency	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Leniency[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

STRICT

public static final Leniency STRICT

Ensures that all range limits and other validity constraints will be strictly controlled.

Exceeding the possibly context-dependent range of an element value will always throw an exception.

A consistency check will be performed, too. That means all parsed informations must be consistent (for example the right weekday for a given calendar date). In parsing, the given limits for minimum and maximum count of chars to be interpreted will be checked, too.

SMART

public static final Leniency SMART

This default mode tries to be a compromise between a pedantic and a lax strategy by paying attention to value range constraints but neglecting some constraintes like the width of numerical elements.

There is no consistency check like in strict mode. For example a wrong weekday will be ignored and the calendar date will just be interpreted on the base of year, month and day of month.

LAX

public static final Leniency LAX

The parsed data will be interpreted without any consistency check or validation of range limits.

This mode even tolerates values like the wall time "T25:00" or the invalid calendar date "2014-02-31" which will be interpreted with the suitable day overflow as "2014-03-03".

Method Detail

values

public static Leniency[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Leniency c : Leniency.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Leniency valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

isStrict

public boolean isStrict()

Is this leniency mode strict?

Returns:

boolean

isSmart

public boolean isSmart()

Is this leniency mode smart?

Returns:

boolean

isLax

public boolean isLax()

Is this leniency mode lax?

Returns:

boolean