DateFormat isn't just a parser, nor even mainly a parser. It lets you customize the display of your datebox in response to bad input. And because we pass DateBox in as a parameter, your DateFormat can be a shared flyweight. rjrjr
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:08 AM, dflorey <daniel.flo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm for the first time using the new 1.6 DateBox.Format feature and I > wonder why I have to pass a DateBox to the format() and parse() > methods. > The DateBox is used in the parse method to display parsing errors. > I would prefer to let parse() throw an IllegalArgumentException when > parsing fails and catch this exception in the enclosing parseDate() > method. This would clean up the DateBox.Format interface. > > If you agree I can provide a tiny patch... > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
