DateConverter.java

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package org.jrecruiter.web;

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

import org.apache.struts2.util.StrutsTypeConverter;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
* From Appfuse
* @author Gunnar Hillert
*/
public class DateConverter extends StrutsTypeConverter {

	public static final String format = "MM/dd/yyyy"; //"11/11/2008"

	/**
	 *   Initialize Logging.
	 */
	private final static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DateConverter.class);

	@Override
	public Object convertFromString(Map ctx, String[] value, Class arg2) {

		if (value == null || value[0] == null || value[0].trim().equals("")) {
			return null;
		}
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
		sdf.setLenient(false);

		try {
			return sdf.parse(value[0]);
		} catch (ParseException pe) {
			LOGGER.warn("Error parsing date: " + value[0] + "; error: " + pe.getMessage() + "; expected format: " + format);
		}
		return null;
	}

	@Override
	public String convertToString(Map ctx, Object data) {
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
		return sdf.format(data);
	}
}