org.apache.james.util
Class TimeConverter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.james.util.TimeConverter

public class TimeConverter
extends java.lang.Object

Method Summary

static long	getMilliSeconds(long amount, java.lang.String unit) Helper method to get the milliseconds for the given amount and unit
static long	getMilliSeconds(java.lang.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,
                                   java.lang.String unit)
                            throws java.lang.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:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - Get thrown if an illegal unit was used

getMilliSeconds

public static long getMilliSeconds(java.lang.String rawString)
                            throws java.lang.NumberFormatException

Helper method to get the milliseconds for the given rawstring. Allowed rawstrings must mach 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:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - Get thrown if an illegal rawString was used