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/*** * Copyright (c) 2009 Caelum - www.caelum.com.br/opensource All rights reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ package br.com.caelum.vraptor.serialization.gson; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import javax.enterprise.context.Dependent; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive; import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer; import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException; /** * Deserialize {@link Date} using ISO8601 format. * This class must be in {@link Dependent} to allow us to discover generic type. * * @author Rodrigo Turini * @since 4.0.0 */ @Dependent public class DateGsonConverter implements JsonDeserializer<Date>, JsonSerializer<Date> { private final SimpleDateFormat iso8601Format; public DateGsonConverter() { this.iso8601Format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"); } @Override public JsonElement serialize(Date date, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) { String dateString = iso8601Format.format(date); return new JsonPrimitive(dateString); } @Override public Date deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { try { return iso8601Format.parse(json.getAsString()); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new JsonSyntaxException(json.getAsString(), e); } } }