Example usage for org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters DateLocaleConverter convert

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.beanutils.locale.converters DateLocaleConverter convert.

Prototype

public Object convert(Object value, String pattern) 

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Convert the specified locale-sensitive input object into an output object.

Usage

From source file:org.modelibra.util.Transformer.java

/**
 * Transforms a date text with a pattern into a Date object, if the text is
 * date.//from ww w.  j  a v  a  2 s  .  c  om
 * 
 * @param date
 *            date text
 * @param datePattern
 *            date pattern
 * @return Date object if date is valid, TypeRuntimeException otherwise
 */
public static Date date(String date, String datePattern) {
    try {
        Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
        DateLocaleConverter converter = new DateLocaleConverter(locale, datePattern);
        // It does not accept dates with months greater than 12 and days
        // greater than 31.
        // It accepts years greater than the current year.
        converter.convert(date, datePattern);
        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(datePattern, locale);
        return formatter.parse(date);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        throw new TypeRuntimeException(e);
    } catch (ConversionException e) {
        throw new TypeRuntimeException(e);
    }
}

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From source file:org.modelibra.util.Validator.java

/**
 * Validates a date./*  ww w  . j a v a  2s. c o  m*/
 * 
 * @param date
 *            date
 * @param datePattern
 *            date pattern
 * @return <code>true</code> if date is valid.
 */
public static boolean date(String date, String datePattern) {
    boolean result = false;
    try {
        // String datePattern = "yyyy-MM-dd";
        Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
        DateLocaleConverter converter = new DateLocaleConverter(locale, datePattern);
        // It does not accept dates with months greater than 12 and days
        // greater
        // than 31.
        // It accepts years greater than the current year.
        converter.convert(date, datePattern);
        result = true;
    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
        return false;
    }
    return result;
}

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