DateFormatValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DateFormatValidatorFactory.JavaDateTimeDateFormatValidator, DateFormatValidatorFactory.JodaTimeDateFormatValidator, DateFormatValidatorFactory.SimpleDateFormatValidator
```
interface DateFormatValidator
```
An abstraction for validating ConversionContext.getDateFormat(). There are implementers for different date types such as Joda Time, Java8 Time and java.util.Date.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  DateFormatValidationResult validate(java.lang.String dateFormat)
  Validate the given dateFormat.

- Method Detail
  - validate
```
DateFormatValidationResult validate(java.lang.String dateFormat)
```
    Validate the given dateFormat.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dateFormat - string supposed to be used for date formatting and parsing.
    
    Returns:
    
    DateFormatValidationResult representing the validation result.