RELEASE_2_1_13/src/blocks/forms/java/org/apache/cocoon/forms/datatype/convertor/MillisDateConvertor.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.convertor;

import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * A Convertor for Date objects which uses the number of milliseconds since
 * January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT as string representation.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class MillisDateConvertor implements Convertor {
    public ConversionResult convertFromString(String value, Locale locale, Convertor.FormatCache formatCache) {
        try {
            long date = Long.parseLong(value);
            return new ConversionResult(new Date(date));
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            return ConversionResult.create("date");
        }
    }

    public String convertToString(Object value, Locale locale, Convertor.FormatCache formatCache) {
        Date date = (Date)value;
        return String.valueOf(date.getTime());
    }

    public Class getTypeClass() {
        return Date.class;
    }

    public void generateSaxFragment(ContentHandler contentHandler, Locale locale) throws SAXException {
        // intentionally empty
    }
}