package qa.qcri.aidr.manager.util;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
public class JsonDateSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Date> {
private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(JsonDateSerializer.class);
private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
@Override
public void serialize(Date date, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator, SerializerProvider serializerProvider) throws IOException
{
String formattedDate = null;
if (date != null) {
formattedDate = dateFormat.format(date);
}
try {
jsonGenerator.writeString(formattedDate);
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.error("Exception while generating the json for the string:"+formattedDate, e);
throw e;
}
}
}