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    017
    018package org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser;
    019
    020import java.text.ParseException;
    021import java.util.Calendar;
    022
    023/**
    024 * This interface specifies the concept of parsing an FTP server's timestamp.
    025 *
    026 * @since 1.4
    027 */
    028public interface FTPTimestampParser {
    029
    030    /**
    031     * the default default date format.
    032     */
    033    String DEFAULT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT;
    034    /**
    035     * the default recent date format.
    036     */
    037    String DEFAULT_RECENT_SDF = UnixFTPEntryParser.DEFAULT_RECENT_DATE_FORMAT;
    038
    039    /**
    040     * Parses the supplied datestamp parameter. This parameter typically would have been pulled from a longer FTP listing via the regular expression mechanism
    041     *
    042     * @param timestampStr - the timestamp portion of the FTP directory listing to be parsed
    043     * @return a <code>java.util.Calendar</code> object initialized to the date parsed by the parser
    044     * @throws ParseException if none of the parser mechanisms belonging to the implementor can parse the input.
    045     */
    046    Calendar parseTimestamp(String timestampStr) throws ParseException;
    047
    048}