NaturalTimeTag.java

package humanize.taglibs;

import humanize.Humanize;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;

import org.apache.taglibs.standard.tag.common.fmt.HumanizeSupport;

public class NaturalTimeTag extends HumanizeSupport
{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6504638950550719198L;

    private Date from;
    private Date to;

    public Date getDefaultedFrom()
    {

        return from == null ? new Date() : from;

    }

    public void setFrom(Object from)
    {

        this.from = (Date) from;

    }

    public void setTo(Object to)
    {

        this.to = (Date) to;

    }

    @Override
    protected void begin() throws JspException
    {

        //

    }

    protected void clean()
    {

        this.from = null;
        this.to = null;

    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isContextRemoveNeeded()
    {

        return from == null && to == null;

    }

    @Override
    protected String render() throws JspException
    {

        return Humanize.naturalTime(getDefaultedFrom(), to);

    }

    @Override
    protected String render(Locale locale) throws JspException
    {

        return Humanize.naturalTime(getDefaultedFrom(), to, locale);

    }

}