core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/date/DateCodec.java

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package org.jclouds.date;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * converting from Date->String and vice versa.
 * 
 * @author aled
 */
public interface DateCodec {

   /**
    * @param toParse
    *           text to parse
    * @return parsed date
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException
    *            if the input is invalid
    */
   public Date toDate(String date) throws IllegalArgumentException;

   public String toString(Date date);

}