maven-scm-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/util/ThreadSafeDateFormat.java

package org.apache.maven.scm.util;

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import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.FieldPosition;
import java.text.ParsePosition;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Thread-safe version of java.text.DateFormat.
 * You can declare it as a static final variable:
 * @author Olivier Lamy
 * <code>
 * private static final ThreadSafeDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new ThreadSafeDateFormat( DATE_PATTERN );
 * </code>
 */
public class ThreadSafeDateFormat
    extends DateFormat
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3786090697869963812L;

    private final String m_sDateFormat;

    public ThreadSafeDateFormat( String sDateFormat )
    {
        m_sDateFormat = sDateFormat;
    }

    private final ThreadLocal<SoftReference<SimpleDateFormat>> m_formatCache = new ThreadLocal<SoftReference<SimpleDateFormat>>()
    {
        public SoftReference<SimpleDateFormat> get()
        {
            SoftReference<SimpleDateFormat> softRef = super.get();
            if ( softRef == null || softRef.get() == null )
            {
                softRef = new SoftReference<SimpleDateFormat>( new SimpleDateFormat( m_sDateFormat ) );
                super.set( softRef );
            }
            return softRef;
        }
    };

    private DateFormat getDateFormat()
    {
        return m_formatCache.get().get();
    }

    public StringBuffer format( Date date, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition fieldPosition )
    {
        return getDateFormat().format( date, toAppendTo, fieldPosition );
    }

    public Date parse( String source, ParsePosition pos )
    {
        return getDateFormat().parse( source, pos );
    }
}