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* Contributors:
* stan
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package org.eclipse.ecr.web.rendering.fm.extensions;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import freemarker.template.SimpleDate;
import freemarker.template.SimpleScalar;
import freemarker.template.TemplateMethodModelEx;
import freemarker.template.TemplateModelException;
/**
* Format a date with the specified locale.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:stan@nuxeo.com">Sun Seng David TAN</a>
*/
public class FormatDate implements TemplateMethodModelEx {
public Object exec(List arguments) throws TemplateModelException {
if (arguments.size() != 2) {
throw new TemplateModelException(
"Invalid number of arguments for formatDate(Date date, String locale) method");
}
if (!(arguments.get(0) instanceof SimpleDate && arguments.get(1) instanceof SimpleScalar)) {
throw new TemplateModelException(
"Invalid arguments format for the method formatDate : expecting (Date date, String local).");
}
SimpleScalar scalar = (SimpleScalar) arguments.get(1);
if (scalar == null) {
throw new TemplateModelException(
"the argument local is not defined");
}
SimpleDate simpledate = (SimpleDate) arguments.get(0);
if (simpledate == null) {
throw new TemplateModelException("the argument date is not defined");
}
Date date = simpledate.getAsDate();
Locale locale = new Locale(scalar.getAsString());
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG, locale);
return new SimpleScalar(df.format(date));
}
}