Is there any java library to check if given Date meets criteria given in String?

Question

Im looking for a java library that can check if given Date meets criteria given in string, for eg.:

• YYYY.MM.DD - specific day, eg. 2002.04.01.
• YYYY.MM.DD-YYYY.MM.DD - days in range, eg. 2002.02.01-2002.11.20.
• DD - day of month, eg. 04 (fourth day of every month).
• DD-DD - range of days in month, eg. 04-15 (from fourth to fifteenth day o every month)
• DAY - day of week, possible values: MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN.
• DAY-DAY - range of days in week, eg. MON-FRI (working days).
• HH24:MI-HH24:MI - time range with minute precision, eg. 02:15-17:30.

Interface should look like:

public boolean checkDate(Date testDate, String criteria);

Answer 1

Java itself has rich Date and calendar API, you can check various examples on google.

here is one of them, http://www.vogella.de/articles/JavaDateTimeAPI/article.html

Also check Calendar API http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html

For Date API check http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/sql/Date.html

Answer 2

我可以将内置的SimpleDateFormat与日历一起使用，也可以使用JodaTime。