001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.format; 018 019import java.text.ParseException; 020import java.util.Locale; 021 022/** 023 * Parses text strings to produce instances of T. 024 * 025 * @author Keith Donald 026 * @since 3.0 027 * @param <T> the type of object this Parser produces 028 */ 029@FunctionalInterface 030public interface Parser<T> { 031 032 /** 033 * Parse a text String to produce a T. 034 * @param text the text string 035 * @param locale the current user locale 036 * @return an instance of T 037 * @throws ParseException when a parse exception occurs in a java.text parsing library 038 * @throws IllegalArgumentException when a parse exception occurs 039 */ 040 T parse(String text, Locale locale) throws ParseException; 041 042}