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/**
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2012 "SYSNET International, Inc."
 * support@sysnetint.com [http://www.sysnetint.com]
 *
 * This file is part of OpenEMPI.
 *
 * OpenEMPI 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. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.openhie.openempi.util;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.openhie.openempi.Constants;
import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * Date Utility Class used to convert Strings to Dates and Timestamps
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:matt@raibledesigns.com">Matt Raible</a>
 *  Modified by <a href="mailto:dan@getrolling.com">Dan Kibler </a> 
 *  to correct time pattern. Minutes should be mm not MM (MM is month). 
 */
public class DateUtil {
    private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DateUtil.class);
    private static final String TIME_PATTERN = "HH:mm";

    /**
     * Checkstyle rule: utility classes should not have public constructor
     */
    private DateUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Return default datePattern (MM/dd/yyyy)
     * @return a string representing the date pattern on the UI
     */
    public static String getDatePattern() {
        Locale locale = LocaleContextHolder.getLocale();
        String defaultDatePattern;
        try {
            defaultDatePattern = ResourceBundle.getBundle(Constants.BUNDLE_KEY, locale).getString("date.format");
        } catch (MissingResourceException mse) {
            defaultDatePattern = "MM/dd/yyyy";
        }

        return defaultDatePattern;
    }

    public static String getDateTimePattern() {
        return DateUtil.getDatePattern() + " HH:mm:ss.S";
    }

    /**
     * This method attempts to convert an Oracle-formatted date
     * in the form dd-MMM-yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy.
     *
     * @param aDate date from database as a string
     * @return formatted string for the ui
     */
    public static String getDate(Date aDate) {
        SimpleDateFormat df;
        String returnValue = "";

        if (aDate != null) {
            df = new SimpleDateFormat(getDatePattern());
            returnValue = df.format(aDate);
        }

        return (returnValue);
    }

    /**
     * This method generates a string representation of a date/time
     * in the format you specify on input
     *
     * @param aMask the date pattern the string is in
     * @param strDate a string representation of a date
     * @return a converted Date object
     * @see java.text.SimpleDateFormat
     * @throws ParseException when String doesn't match the expected format
     */
    public static Date convertStringToDate(String aMask, String strDate) throws ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat df;
        Date date;
        df = new SimpleDateFormat(aMask);

        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("converting '" + strDate + "' to date with mask '" + aMask + "'");
        }

        try {
            date = df.parse(strDate);
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
            //log.error("ParseException: " + pe);
            throw new ParseException(pe.getMessage(), pe.getErrorOffset());
        }

        return (date);
    }

    /**
     * This method returns the current date time in the format:
     * MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM a
     *
     * @param theTime the current time
     * @return the current date/time
     */
    public static String getTimeNow(Date theTime) {
        return getDateTime(TIME_PATTERN, theTime);
    }

    /**
     * This method returns the current date in the format: MM/dd/yyyy
     * 
     * @return the current date
     * @throws ParseException when String doesn't match the expected format
     */
    public static Calendar getToday() throws ParseException {
        Date today = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(getDatePattern());

        // This seems like quite a hack (date -> string -> date),
        // but it works ;-)
        String todayAsString = df.format(today);
        Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
        cal.setTime(convertStringToDate(todayAsString));

        return cal;
    }

    /**
     * This method generates a string representation of a date's date/time
     * in the format you specify on input
     *
     * @param aMask the date pattern the string is in
     * @param aDate a date object
     * @return a formatted string representation of the date
     * 
     * @see java.text.SimpleDateFormat
     */
    public static String getDateTime(String aMask, Date aDate) {
        SimpleDateFormat df = null;
        String returnValue = "";

        if (aDate == null) {
            log.error("aDate is null!");
        } else {
            df = new SimpleDateFormat(aMask);
            returnValue = df.format(aDate);
        }

        return (returnValue);
    }

    /**
     * This method generates a string representation of a date based
     * on the System Property 'dateFormat'
     * in the format you specify on input
     * 
     * @param aDate A date to convert
     * @return a string representation of the date
     */
    public static String convertDateToString(Date aDate) {
        return getDateTime(getDatePattern(), aDate);
    }

    /**
     * This method converts a String to a date using the datePattern
     * 
     * @param strDate the date to convert (in format MM/dd/yyyy)
     * @return a date object
     * @throws ParseException when String doesn't match the expected format
     */
    public static Date convertStringToDate(String strDate) throws ParseException {
        Date aDate = null;

        try {
            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                log.debug("converting date with pattern: " + getDatePattern());
            }

            aDate = convertStringToDate(getDatePattern(), strDate);
        } catch (ParseException pe) {
            log.error("Could not convert '" + strDate + "' to a date, throwing exception");
            pe.printStackTrace();
            throw new ParseException(pe.getMessage(), pe.getErrorOffset());
        }

        return aDate;
    }
}