org.apache.ctakes.core.util

Class DateParser

java.lang.Object

org.apache.ctakes.core.util.DateParser

public class DateParser
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private static java.util.Calendar	cal
private static java.text.DateFormat	df
private static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	monthFullNames
private static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	monthShortNames

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateParser()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	getIndexAfterLastNonDigit(java.lang.String s)
static int	getIndexFirstNonLetter(java.lang.String s)
static Date	parse(JCas jcas, java.lang.String dateString) First try parsing full date (month, day and year) using java.util.Date If that fails, try extracting at least part of the date

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

df

private static java.text.DateFormat df

cal

private static java.util.Calendar cal

monthFullNames

private static java.util.List<java.lang.String> monthFullNames

monthShortNames

private static java.util.List<java.lang.String> monthShortNames

Constructor Detail

DateParser

public DateParser()

Method Detail

parse

public static Date parse(JCas jcas,
         java.lang.String dateString)

First try parsing full date (month, day and year) using java.util.Date If that fails, try extracting at least part of the date

getIndexFirstNonLetter

public static int getIndexFirstNonLetter(java.lang.String s)

Returns:

if entire string is letters, returns length of s

getIndexAfterLastNonDigit

public static int getIndexAfterLastNonDigit(java.lang.String s)

Returns:

if entire string is letters, returns 0