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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.miscellaneous;


import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Locale;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.FilteringTokenFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.CharTermAttribute;

Filters all tokens that cannot be parsed to a date, using the provided DateFormat.
/** Filters all tokens that cannot be parsed to a date, using the provided {@link DateFormat}. */
public class DateRecognizerFilter extends FilteringTokenFilter { public static final String DATE_TYPE = "date"; private final CharTermAttribute termAtt = addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class); private final DateFormat dateFormat;
Uses DateFormat.DEFAULT and Locale.ENGLISH to create a DateFormat instance.
/** * Uses {@link DateFormat#DEFAULT} and {@link Locale#ENGLISH} to create a {@link DateFormat} instance. */
public DateRecognizerFilter(TokenStream input) { this(input, null); } public DateRecognizerFilter(TokenStream input, DateFormat dateFormat) { super(input); this.dateFormat = dateFormat != null ? dateFormat : DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT, Locale.ENGLISH); } @Override public boolean accept() { try { // We don't care about the date, just that the term can be parsed to one. dateFormat.parse(termAtt.toString()); return true; } catch (ParseException e) { // This term is not a date. } return false; } }