Module org.cruk.clarity.api

Package org.cruk.clarity.api.jaxb

Class AbstractDateAdapter

java.lang.Object

javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter<String,Date>

org.cruk.clarity.api.jaxb.AbstractDateAdapter

Direct Known Subclasses:

LongTimestampAdapter, ShortDateAdapter

public abstract class AbstractDateAdapter
extends javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter<String,Date>

Base for date adapters. Uses a thread local to keep thread safe with the thread unsafe DateFormat objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractDateAdapter()	Empty constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected abstract DateFormat	createFormatter()	Create the correct date format object for the type of dates expected.
String	marshal(Date v)	Convert the given date into the expected date format.
Date	unmarshal(String v)	Parse the string into a Date object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AbstractDateAdapter

protected AbstractDateAdapter()

Empty constructor.

Method Details

createFormatter

protected abstract DateFormat createFormatter()

Create the correct date format object for the type of dates expected.

Returns:

The DateFormat object.

unmarshal

public Date unmarshal(String v)
               throws ParseException

Parse the string into a Date object.

Specified by:

unmarshal in class javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter<String,Date>

Parameters:

v - The string to parse.

Returns:

A Date object for the string, or null if v is null.

Throws:

ParseException - if the string cannot be parsed.

marshal

public String marshal(Date v)

Convert the given date into the expected date format.

Specified by:

marshal in class javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter<String,Date>

Parameters:

v - The date to print.

Returns:

The string version of the date, or null if v is null.