FilterFunction_dateParse.java

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package org.geotools.filter.function;

import static org.geotools.filter.capability.FunctionNameImpl.parameter;

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

import org.geotools.filter.FunctionExpressionImpl;
import org.geotools.filter.capability.FunctionNameImpl;
import org.opengis.filter.capability.FunctionName;

/**
 * Parses a date from a string given a certain pattern (specified in the format accepted
 * by {@link SimpleDateFormat}} 
 * @see SimpleDateFormat
 * @author Andrea Aime - TOPP
 *
 *
 *
 * @source $URL$
 */
public class FilterFunction_dateParse extends FunctionExpressionImpl {
    
    public static FunctionName NAME = new FunctionNameImpl("dateParse",
            parameter("date", Date.class),
            parameter("format", String.class),
            parameter("dateString", String.class));

    public FilterFunction_dateParse() {
        super(NAME);
    }

    public Object evaluate(Object feature) {
        String format;
        String date;

        try {
            // attempt to get value and perform conversion
            format  = getExpression(0).evaluate(feature, String.class);
        } catch (Exception e) // probably a type error
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Filter Function problem for function dateParse argument #0 - expected type String");
        }

        try { // attempt to get value and perform conversion
            date = getExpression(1).evaluate(feature, String.class); 
        } catch (Exception e) // probably a type error
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Filter Function problem for function dateParse argument #1 - expected type String");
        }

        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        try {
            return dateFormat.parse(date);
        } catch(ParseException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid date, could not parse", e);
        }
    }

    

}