JsonDateSerializer.java

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 package org.apache.ranger.json;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

/**
 * Used to serialize Java.util.Date, which is not a common JSON type, so we have
 * to create a custom serialize method;.
 *
 */
@Component
public class JsonDateSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Date> {

	private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
	@Override
	public void serialize(Date date, JsonGenerator gen,
			SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
			JsonProcessingException {

		String formattedDate = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT).format(date);
		gen.writeString(formattedDate);
	}

}