DateAdapter.java

/* 
 * Copyright (C) 2014 GG-Net GmbH - Oliver Günther
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package eu.ggnet.dwoss.redtape.api;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;

public class DateAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Date> {

    private final static DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");

    @Override
    public Date unmarshal(String date) throws ParseException {
        return formatter.parse(date);
    }

    @Override
    public String marshal(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return "";
        }
        return formatter.format(date);
    }
}