Java tutorial
package com.getperka.flatpack.codexes; /* * #%L * FlatPack serialization code * %% * Copyright (C) 2012 Perka Inc. * %% * 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. * #L% */ import java.lang.reflect.Constructor; import java.util.Date; import javax.inject.Inject; import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat; import com.getperka.flatpack.ext.DeserializationContext; import com.getperka.flatpack.ext.JsonKind; import com.getperka.flatpack.ext.SerializationContext; import com.getperka.flatpack.ext.Type; import com.getperka.flatpack.ext.TypeHint; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive; import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral; /** * Supports {@code java.util.Date} and its ilk. * <p> * Dates are always written as an ISO8601 time. Dates may be read as a number of milliseconds since * the epoch or something approximating an ISO8601 date-time string. * * @param <D> the concrete type of Date to instantiate. */ public class DateCodex<D extends Date> extends ValueCodex<D> { private Constructor<D> constructor; protected DateCodex() { } @Override public Type describe() { return new Type.Builder().withJsonKind(JsonKind.STRING) .withTypeHint(TypeHint.create(constructor.getDeclaringClass())).build(); } @Override public D readNotNull(JsonElement element, DeserializationContext context) throws Exception { if (element.isJsonPrimitive()) { long instant; JsonPrimitive primitive = element.getAsJsonPrimitive(); if (primitive.isNumber()) { instant = primitive.getAsLong(); } else { instant = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTimeParser().parseMillis(primitive.getAsString()); } return constructor.newInstance(instant); } throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not parse " + element.toString() + " as a date value"); } @Override public void writeNotNull(D object, SerializationContext context) throws Exception { String value = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().print(object.getTime()); context.getWriter().value(value); } @Inject @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") void inject(TypeLiteral<D> dateType) { try { this.constructor = (Constructor<D>) dateType.getRawType().getConstructor(long.class); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { throw new RuntimeException("Should not use DateCodex with a " + dateType); } } }