PlexusDateTypeConverter.java

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 * Contributors:
 *   Stuart McCulloch (Sonatype, Inc.) - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.sisu.plexus;

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

import com.google.inject.Binder;
import com.google.inject.Module;
import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
import com.google.inject.matcher.AbstractMatcher;
import com.google.inject.spi.TypeConverter;

/**
 * {@link TypeConverter} {@link Module} that converts Plexus formatted date strings into {@link Date}s.
 */
public final class PlexusDateTypeConverter
    extends AbstractMatcher<TypeLiteral<?>>
    implements TypeConverter, Module
{
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Constants
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    private static final DateFormat[] PLEXUS_DATE_FORMATS = {
        new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.S a", Locale.US ),
        new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ssa", Locale.US ),
        new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S", Locale.US ),
        new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US ) };

    private static final String CONVERSION_ERROR = "Cannot convert: \"%s\" to: %s";

    static
    {
        for ( final DateFormat f : PLEXUS_DATE_FORMATS )
        {
            f.setLenient( false ); // turn off lenient parsing as it gives odd results
        }
    }

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Public methods
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    public void configure( final Binder binder )
    {
        // we're both matcher and converter
        binder.convertToTypes( this, this );
    }

    public boolean matches( final TypeLiteral<?> type )
    {
        return Date.class == type.getRawType();
    }

    public Object convert( final String value, final TypeLiteral<?> toType )
    {
        for ( final DateFormat f : PLEXUS_DATE_FORMATS )
        {
            try
            {
                synchronized ( f ) // formats are not thread-safe!
                {
                    return f.parse( value );
                }
            }
            catch ( final ParseException e )
            {
                continue; // try another format
            }
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException( String.format( CONVERSION_ERROR, value, Date.class ) );
    }
}