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/******************************************************************************* * Gisgraphy Project * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA * * Copyright 2008 Gisgraphy project * David Masclet <davidmasclet@gisgraphy.com> * * *******************************************************************************/ package com.gisgraphy.util; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; /** * This class is converts a java.util.Date to a String and a String to a * java.util.Date for use as a Timestamp. It is used by BeanUtils when copying * properties. * * @author <a href="mailto:dan@getrolling.com">Dan Kibler</a> */ public class TimestampConverter extends DateConverter { /** * i18n-ized timestamp format - based on values in * ApplicationResources.properties */ public static final String TS_FORMAT = DateUtil.getDatePattern() + " HH:mm:ss.S"; /** * Convert a String to a date * * @param type * java.util.Date * @param value * the String value * @return a converted date */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") protected Object convertToDate(Class type, Object value) { DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(TS_FORMAT); if (value instanceof String) { try { if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value.toString())) { return null; } return df.parse((String) value); } catch (Exception pe) { throw new ConversionException("Error converting String to Timestamp"); } } throw new ConversionException("Could not convert " + value.getClass().getName() + " to " + type.getName()); } /** * Convert from a java.util.Date to a String * * @param type * java.lang.String * @param value * the date instance * @return string version of date using default date pattern */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") @Override protected Object convertToString(Class type, Object value) { DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(TS_FORMAT); if (value instanceof Date) { try { return df.format(value); } catch (Exception e) { throw new ConversionException("Error converting Timestamp to String"); } } return value.toString(); } }