dateconverter.java

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package com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic;

import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Converts a java.util.Date to a String as a date format,
 * retaining precision down to milliseconds.
 *
 * @author Joe Walnes
 */
public class DateConverter extends AbstractBasicConverter {

    private final ThreadSafeSimpleDateFormat defaultFormat;
    private final ThreadSafeSimpleDateFormat[] acceptableFormats;

    public DateConverter() {
        this("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S z",
            new String[] { 
                "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S a", 
                "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssz", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z", // JDK 1.3 needs both versions
                "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssa" }); // backwards compatability
	}

    public DateConverter(String defaultFormat, String[] acceptableFormats) {
        this.defaultFormat = new ThreadSafeSimpleDateFormat(defaultFormat, 4, 20);
        this.acceptableFormats = new ThreadSafeSimpleDateFormat[acceptableFormats.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < acceptableFormats.length; i++) {
            this.acceptableFormats[i] = new ThreadSafeSimpleDateFormat(acceptableFormats[i], 1, 20);
        }
    }

    public boolean canConvert(Class type) {
        return type.equals(Date.class);
    }

    protected Object fromString(String str) {
        try {
            return defaultFormat.parse(str);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            for (int i = 0; i < acceptableFormats.length; i++) {
                try {
                    return acceptableFormats[i].parse(str);
                } catch (ParseException e2) {
                    // no worries, let's try the next format.
                }
            }
            // no dateFormats left to try
            throw new ConversionException("Cannot parse date " + str);
        }
    }

    protected String toString(Object obj) {
        return defaultFormat.format((Date) obj);
    }

}