/*
* Copyright (c) 2009, SQL Power Group Inc.
*
* This file is part of SQL Power Library.
*
* SQL Power Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* SQL Power Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package ca.sqlpower.dao.session;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Converts a {@link Date} to its string representation and back.
*/
public class DateConverter implements BidirectionalConverter<String, Date> {
private final static DateFormat dateFormatter =
new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH:mm:ss.SSS_Z");
public Date convertToComplexType(String convertFrom) {
try {
return dateFormatter.parse(convertFrom);
} catch (ParseException e) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
}
}
public String convertToSimpleType(Date convertFrom, Object ... additionalInfo) {
return dateFormatter.format(convertFrom);
}
}