org.apache.james.util

Class TimeConverter

java.lang.Object

org.apache.james.util.TimeConverter

public class TimeConverter
extends Object

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static long	getMilliSeconds(long amount, String unit) Helper method to get the milliseconds for the given amount and unit
static long	getMilliSeconds(String rawString) Helper method to get the milliseconds for the given rawstring.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getMilliSeconds

public static long getMilliSeconds(long amount,
                   String unit)
                            throws NumberFormatException

Helper method to get the milliseconds for the given amount and unit

Parameters:

amount - The amount for use with the unit

unit - The unit

Returns:

The time in milliseconds

Throws:

NumberFormatException - Get thrown if an illegal unit was used

getMilliSeconds

public static long getMilliSeconds(String rawString)
                            throws NumberFormatException

Helper method to get the milliseconds for the given rawstring. Allowed rawstrings must match pattern: "\\s*([0-9]+)\\s*([a-z,A-Z]+)\\s*"

Parameters:

rawString - The rawstring which we use to extract the amount and unit

Returns:

The time in milliseconds

Throws:

NumberFormatException - Get thrown if an illegal rawString was used