src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/tools/release/DateAdapter.java

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package org.apache.openejb.tools.release;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public class DateAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Date> {

    // Sun Jan 15 23:22:43 UTC 2012
    private SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy");

    @Override
    public String marshal(Date v) throws Exception {
        return dateFormat.format(v);
    }

    @Override
    public Date unmarshal(String v) throws Exception {
        if ("n/a".equals(v)) return null;
        return dateFormat.parse(v);
    }

}