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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser;
19  
20  import java.text.ParseException;
21  import java.util.Calendar;
22  
23  /**
24   * This interface specifies the concept of parsing an FTP server's timestamp.
25   *
26   * @since 1.4
27   */
28  public interface FTPTimestampParser {
29  
30      /**
31       * the default default date format.
32       */
33      String DEFAULT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT;
34      /**
35       * the default recent date format.
36       */
37      String DEFAULT_RECENT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_RECENT_DATE_FORMAT;
38  
39      /**
40       * Parses the supplied datestamp parameter. This parameter typically would have been pulled from a longer FTP listing via the regular expression mechanism
41       *
42       * @param timestampStr - the timestamp portion of the FTP directory listing to be parsed
43       * @return a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> object initialized to the date parsed by the parser
44       * @throws ParseException if none of the parser mechanisms belonging to the implementor can parse the input.
45       */
46      Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestampStr) throws ParseException;
47  
48  }