AbstractCalendarToString.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2013 Rene Schneider, GEBIT Solutions GmbH and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *******************************************************************************/
package de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.conversions.java.other;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

import de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.Conversion;
import de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.ConversionContext;
import de.gebit.integrity.parameter.conversion.ConversionFailedException;
import de.gebit.integrity.string.FormattedString;

/**
 * A default Integrity conversion.
 * 
 * @author Rene Schneider - initial API and implementation
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            the target type
 */
public abstract class AbstractCalendarToString<T> extends Conversion<Calendar, T> {

	/**
	 * Converts the provided {@link Calendar} to a {@link FormattedString}.
	 * 
	 * @param aSource
	 *            the source value
	 * @param aConversionContext
	 *            the conversion context
	 * @return the resulting string
	 */
	protected FormattedString convertToFormattedString(Calendar aSource, ConversionContext aConversionContext)
			throws ConversionFailedException {
		return new FormattedString(DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG).format(
				aSource.getTime()));
	}

}