Example usage for java.text DateFormat parseObject

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for java.text DateFormat parseObject.

Prototype

public Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos) 

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Parses text from a string to produce a Date.

Usage

From source file:javadz.beanutils.locale.converters.DateLocaleConverter.java

/**
 * Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object of the
 * specified type./*from  w  ww.j a v a 2s .  co  m*/
 *
 * @param value The input object to be converted
 * @param pattern The pattern is used for the convertion
 * @return the converted Date value
 *
 * @exception org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException 
 * if conversion cannot be performed successfully
 * @throws ParseException if an error occurs parsing
 */
protected Object parse(Object value, String pattern) throws ParseException {

    // Handle Date
    if (value instanceof java.util.Date) {
        return value;
    }

    // Handle Calendar
    if (value instanceof java.util.Calendar) {
        return ((java.util.Calendar) value).getTime();
    }

    if (locPattern) {
        pattern = convertLocalizedPattern(pattern, locale);
    }

    // Create Formatter - use default if pattern is null
    DateFormat formatter = pattern == null ? DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, locale)
            : new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale);
    formatter.setLenient(isLenient);

    // Parse the Date
    ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
    String strValue = value.toString();
    Object parsedValue = formatter.parseObject(strValue, pos);
    if (pos.getErrorIndex() > -1) {
        throw new ConversionException("Error parsing date '" + value + "' at position=" + pos.getErrorIndex());
    }
    if (pos.getIndex() < strValue.length()) {
        throw new ConversionException(
                "Date '" + value + "' contains unparsed characters from position=" + pos.getIndex());
    }

    return parsedValue;
}

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