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/* * Copyright 2013 Urs Wolfer * * 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.urswolfer.intellij.plugin.gerrit.rest.gson; 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.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; /** * A Gson deserializer which uses UTC as base for dates. * * I would prefer to use the default Gson parser, but I have found no way to tell Gson that dates are in UTC. * * @author Urs Wolfer */ public class DateDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Date> { private static final String DATE_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"; private static final ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> DATE_FORMAT = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>() { @Override protected SimpleDateFormat initialValue() { SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN); dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); return dateFormat; } }; @Override public Date deserialize(JsonElement jsonElement, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext jsonDeserializationContext) throws JsonParseException { String date = jsonElement.getAsString(); try { return DATE_FORMAT.get().parse(date); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new JsonParseException(e); } } }