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/* * Copyright (c) 2009, SQL Power Group Inc. * * This file is part of SQL Power Library. * * SQL Power Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * SQL Power Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package ca.sqlpower.dao.session; import java.text.DecimalFormat; import java.text.Format; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException; import ca.sqlpower.dao.session.BidirectionalConverter; public class FormatConverter implements BidirectionalConverter<String, Format> { public Format convertToComplexType(String convertFrom) throws ConversionException { //The patterns can contain the delimiter character. int firstSeparator = convertFrom.indexOf(DELIMITER); if (firstSeparator == -1) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find the class type for the string " + convertFrom); } String className = convertFrom.substring(0, firstSeparator); String pattern = convertFrom.substring(firstSeparator + 1); if (className.equals(DecimalFormat.class.getSimpleName())) { return new DecimalFormat(pattern); } else if (className.equals(SimpleDateFormat.class.getSimpleName())) { return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern); } else { throw new IllegalStateException( "Unknown class " + className + " to create a format on based on the pattern " + pattern); } } public String convertToSimpleType(Format convertFrom, Object... additionalInfo) { if (convertFrom instanceof DecimalFormat) { DecimalFormat decimal = (DecimalFormat) convertFrom; return DecimalFormat.class.getSimpleName() + DELIMITER + decimal.toPattern(); } else if (convertFrom instanceof SimpleDateFormat) { SimpleDateFormat date = (SimpleDateFormat) convertFrom; return SimpleDateFormat.class.getSimpleName() + DELIMITER + date.toPattern(); } else { throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown format to convert from " + convertFrom.getClass()); } } }