DateEditor.java

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 *
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package org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;

/**
 * A property editor for Date typed properties.
 *
 * @version $Rev$
 */
public class DateEditor extends TextPropertyEditorSupport {
    /**
     * Convert the text value of the property into a Date object instance.
     *
     * @return a Date object constructed from the property text value.
     * @throws PropertyEditorException Unable to parse the string value into a Date.
     */
    public Object getValue() {
        try {
            // Get a date formatter to parse this.
            // This retrieves the formatter using the current execution locale,
            // which could present an intererting problem when applied to deployment
            // plans written in other locales.  Sort of a Catch-22 situation.
            DateFormat formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
            return formatter.parse(getAsText().trim());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // any format errors show up as a ParseException, which we turn into a PropertyEditorException.
            throw new PropertyEditorException(e);
        }
    }
}