The parse() method of java.text.MessageFormat class is used to parse the string object starting from the passed parse position in the parse() method.
Syntax:
public Object[] parse(String source, ParsePosition pos)
Parameter: This method takes the following arguments as parameter.
- source :- string over which parsing is going to perform.
- pos :- it is the starting index of parsing.
Return Value: This method returns array of object as an output.
Exception: This method throws NullPointerException if the parse position is null.
Below are the examples to illustrate the parse() method:
Example 1:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate // parse() method import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
try {
// creating and initializing MessageFormat
MessageFormat mf
= new MessageFormat( "{0, number, #}, {2, number, #.#}, {1, number, #.##}" );
;
// creating and initializing String source
String str = "10.456, 20.325, 30.444" ;
// creating and initializing ParsePosition
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition( 3 );
// parsing the string starting from pos
// according to MessageFormat
// using parse() method
Object[] hash = mf.parse(str, pos);
// display the result
System.out.println( "Parsed value are :" );
for ( int i = 0 ; i < hash.length; i++)
System.out.println(hash[i]);
}
catch (NullPointerException e) {
System.out.println( "\nParse position is Null" );
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
}
} |
Output:
Parsed value are : 456 30.444 20.325
Example 2:
Java
// Java program to demonstrate // parse() method import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] argv)
{
try {
// creating and initializing MessageFormat
MessageFormat mf
= new MessageFormat( "{0, number, #}, {2, number, #.#}, {1, number, #.##}" );
// creating and initializing String source
String str = "10.456, 20.325, 30.444" ;
// creating and initializing ParsePosition
// ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(3);
// parsing the string starting from pos
// according to MessageFormat
// using parse() method
Object[] hash = mf.parse(str, null );
// display the result
System.out.println( "Parsed value are :" );
for ( int i = 0 ; i < hash.length; i++)
System.out.println(hash[i]);
}
catch (NullPointerException e) {
System.out.println( "Parse position is Null" );
System.out.println( "Exception thrown : " + e);
}
}
} |
Output:
Parse position is Null Exception thrown : java.lang.NullPointerException