guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/form/TimeZoneField.java

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package org.apache.guacamole.form;

/**
 * Represents a time zone field. The field may contain only valid time zone IDs,
 * as dictated by TimeZone.getAvailableIDs().
 */
public class TimeZoneField extends Field {

    /**
     * Creates a new TimeZoneField with the given name.
     *
     * @param name
     *     The unique name to associate with this field.
     */
    public TimeZoneField(String name) {
        super(name, Field.Type.TIMEZONE);
    }

    /**
     * Parses the given string into a time zone ID string. As these strings are
     * equivalent, the only transformation currently performed by this function
     * is to ensure that a blank time zone string is parsed into null.
     *
     * @param timeZone
     *     The time zone string to parse, which may be null.
     *
     * @return
     *     The ID of the time zone corresponding to the given string, or null
     *     if the given time zone string was null or blank.
     */
    public static String parse(String timeZone) {

        // Return null if no time zone provided
        if (timeZone == null || timeZone.isEmpty())
            return null;

        // Otherwise, assume time zone is valid
        return timeZone;

    }

}