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/* * Copyright (c) 2014 Ushahidi. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program in the file LICENSE-AGPL. If not, see * https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html */ package com.ushahidi.android.data.api; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; import android.text.TextUtils; import java.lang.reflect.Type; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Locale; /** * @author Ushahidi Team <team@ushahidi.com> */ public class DateDeserializer implements JsonDeserializer<Date> { @Override public Date deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { final SimpleDateFormat PARSER = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX", Locale.getDefault()); try { if (TextUtils.isDigitsOnly(json.getAsString())) { return new Date(new java.util.Date(json.getAsLong())); } return new Date(PARSER.parse(json.getAsString())); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new JsonParseException(e); } } }