edu.ucsb.adl.middleware
Class DurationUtils

java.lang.Object
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public final class DurationUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Time duration-related utilities.

Version:

$Header: /export/home/gjanee/middleware/edu/ucsb/adl/middleware/RCS/DurationUtils.java,v 1.1 2004/03/11 19:03:34 gjanee Exp $

$Log: DurationUtils.java,v $ Revision 1.1 2004/03/11 19:03:34 gjanee Initial revision

Author:

Greg Janée
Alexandria Digital Library

Method Summary

static long

parseDuration(java.lang.String duration) Converts a string duration specification to an integer number of milliseconds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

parseDuration

public static long parseDuration(java.lang.String duration)
                          throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Converts a string duration specification to an integer number of milliseconds. A duration is specified as a nonnegative integer optionally followed by a single-character suffix indicating a unit of measure. Recognized suffixes are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours), and "d" (days).

Parameters:

duration - A string duration specification, e.g., "1m".

Returns:

The duration as a number of milliseconds.

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - If the specification is invalid.