Java tutorial
// *************************************************************************** // * Copyright 2012 Joseph Molnar // * // * 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.tales.storage.hbase.translators; import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes; import org.joda.time.DateTime; import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone; import com.tales.parts.translators.NullTranslatorBase; import com.tales.parts.translators.TranslationException; import com.tales.parts.translators.Translator; public class DateTimeToBytesTranslator extends NullTranslatorBase implements Translator { private final boolean reverse; public DateTimeToBytesTranslator() { this(true, null); } public DateTimeToBytesTranslator(boolean toReverse) { this(toReverse, null); } public DateTimeToBytesTranslator(Object theNullValue) { this(true, theNullValue); } public DateTimeToBytesTranslator(boolean toReverse, Object theNullValue) { super(theNullValue); reverse = toReverse; } @Override public Object translate(Object anObject) { Object returnValue; if (anObject == null) { returnValue = this.nullValue; } else { try { DateTime dateTime = ((DateTime) anObject).toDateTime(DateTimeZone.UTC); // at least make it UTC if we are going to loose timezone long timestamp = reverse ? Long.MAX_VALUE - dateTime.getMillis() : dateTime.getMillis(); // NOTE: this looses timezone information returnValue = Bytes.toBytes(timestamp); } catch (ClassCastException e) { throw new TranslationException(e); } } return returnValue; } }