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/* * Copyright (c) 2016. Henry Addo Open Source Project * * 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 com.addhen.voto.sdk; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; /** * @author Henry Addo */ public class DateDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Date> { private static final String[] DATE_FORMATS = new String[] { "yyyy-MM-dd", "yyyy-MM-dd h:mm:ss" }; @Override public Date deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { // Determine whether date has time as well String[] dateTime = json.getAsString().trim().split(" "); try { if (dateTime.length > 1) { return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMATS[1], Locale.US).parse(json.getAsString()); } return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMATS[0], Locale.US).parse(json.getAsString()); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } throw new JsonParseException("Unparseable date: \"" + json.getAsString() + "\". Supported formats: " + Arrays.toString(DATE_FORMATS)); } }