JavaWaypointParserUtilities.java

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package net.sourceforge.tagsea.java.waypoints.parser;

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

public class JavaWaypointParserUtilities 
{
	public static final String AUTHOR_KEY = "author";
	public static final String DATE_KEY = "date";
	
	public static String getAuthor(IJavaWaypointInfo info)
	{
		String author = info.getAttributes().get(AUTHOR_KEY);
		
		if(author != null)
			return author;
			
		return new String();
	}
	
	public static Date getDate(IJavaWaypointInfo info)
	{
		String dateString = info.getAttributes().get(DATE_KEY);
		
		if(dateString != null)
		{
			Date date = null;
			
			try 
			{
				date = SimpleDateFormat.getInstance().parse(dateString);
			} 
			catch (ParseException e) 
			{
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			
			return date;
		}
		
		return null;
	}
}