/* * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors; import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.ParseException; import java.util.Date; import org.springframework.util.StringUtils; /** * Property editor for <code>java.util.Date</code>, * supporting a custom <code>java.text.DateFormat</code>. * * <p>This is not meant to be used as system PropertyEditor but rather * as locale-specific date editor within custom controller code, * parsing user-entered number strings into Date properties of beans * and rendering them in the UI form. * * <p>In web MVC code, this editor will typically be registered with * <code>binder.registerCustomEditor</code> calls in a custom * <code>initBinder</code> method. * * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 28.04.2003 * @see java.util.Date * @see java.text.DateFormat * @see org.springframework.validation.DataBinder#registerCustomEditor * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.BaseCommandController#initBinder */ public class CustomDateEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport { private final DateFormat dateFormat; private final boolean allowEmpty; private final int exactDateLength; /** * Create a new CustomDateEditor instance, using the given DateFormat * for parsing and rendering. * <p>The "allowEmpty" parameter states if an empty String should * be allowed for parsing, i.e. get interpreted as null value. * Otherwise, an IllegalArgumentException gets thrown in that case. * @param dateFormat DateFormat to use for parsing and rendering * @param allowEmpty if empty strings should be allowed */ public CustomDateEditor(DateFormat dateFormat, boolean allowEmpty) { this.dateFormat = dateFormat; this.allowEmpty = allowEmpty; this.exactDateLength = -1; } /** * Create a new CustomDateEditor instance, using the given DateFormat * for parsing and rendering. * <p>The "allowEmpty" parameter states if an empty String should * be allowed for parsing, i.e. get interpreted as null value. * Otherwise, an IllegalArgumentException gets thrown in that case. * <p>The "exactDateLength" parameter states that IllegalArgumentException gets * thrown if the String does not exactly match the length specified. This is useful * because SimpleDateFormat does not enforce strict parsing of the year part, * not even with <code>setLenient(false)</code>. Without an "exactDateLength" * specified, the "01/01/05" would get parsed to "01/01/0005". * @param dateFormat DateFormat to use for parsing and rendering * @param allowEmpty if empty strings should be allowed * @param exactDateLength the exact expected length of the date String */ public CustomDateEditor(DateFormat dateFormat, boolean allowEmpty, int exactDateLength) { this.dateFormat = dateFormat; this.allowEmpty = allowEmpty; this.exactDateLength = exactDateLength; } /** * Parse the Date from the given text, using the specified DateFormat. */ public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException { if (this.allowEmpty && !StringUtils.hasText(text)) { // Treat empty String as null value. setValue(null); } else if (text != null && this.exactDateLength >= 0 && text.length() != this.exactDateLength) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Could not parse date: it is not exactly" + this.exactDateLength + "characters long"); } else { try { setValue(this.dateFormat.parse(text)); } catch (ParseException ex) { IllegalArgumentException iae = new IllegalArgumentException("Could not parse date: " + ex.getMessage()); iae.initCause(ex); throw iae; } } } /** * Format the Date as String, using the specified DateFormat. */ public String getAsText() { Date value = (Date) getValue(); return (value != null ? this.dateFormat.format(value) : ""); } }