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/* * ============================================================================= * * Copyright (c) 2011-2014, The THYMELEAF team (http://www.thymeleaf.org) * * 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 org.bathbranchringing.emailer.core.converters; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.context.MessageSource; import org.springframework.format.Formatter; import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; @Component public class DateFormatter implements Formatter<Date> { @Autowired private MessageSource messageSource; public DateFormatter() { super(); } public Date parse(final String text, final Locale locale) throws ParseException { final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = createDateFormat(locale); return dateFormat.parse(text); } public String print(final Date object, final Locale locale) { final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = createDateFormat(locale); return dateFormat.format(object); } private SimpleDateFormat createDateFormat(final Locale locale) { final String format = this.messageSource.getMessage("datetime.input.format", null, locale); final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format); dateFormat.setLenient(false); return dateFormat; } }