DateTimeFormatter.parseBest

Fully parses the text producing an object of one of the specified types. !(p) This parse method is convenient for use when the parser can handle optional elements. For example, a pattern of 'uuuu-MM-dd HH.mm[ VV]' can be fully parsed to a {@code ZonedDateTime}, or partially parsed to a {@code LocalDateTime}. The queries must be specified _in order, starting from the best matching full-parse option and ending with the worst matching minimal parse option. The query is typically a method reference to a {@code from(TemporalAccessor)} method. !(p) The result is associated with the first type that successfully parses. Normally, applications will use {@code instanceof} to check the result. For example: !(pre) TemporalAccessor dt = parser.parseBest(str, ZonedDateTime::from, LocalDateTime.from); if (cast(ZonedDateTime)(dt) !is null) { ... } else { ... } </pre> If the parse completes without reading the entire length of the text, or a problem occurs during parsing or merging, then an exception is thrown.

@param text the text to parse, not null @param queries the queries defining the types to attempt to parse to, must implement {@code TemporalAccessor}, not null @return the parsed date-time, not null @throws IllegalArgumentException if less than 2 types are specified @throws DateTimeParseException if unable to parse the requested result

class DateTimeFormatter
parseBest
(
string text
,)

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