Java tutorial
/* * Copyright 2013-2014 JIWHIZ Consulting Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.elearning.rest1.config; import java.io.IOException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper; /** * @author Yuan Ji */ public class TestUtils { public static byte[] convertObjectToJsonBytes(Object object) throws IOException { ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL); return mapper.writeValueAsBytes(object); } public static Date parseDate(String dateString) throws Exception { String format = "yyyy-MM-dd"; return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(dateString); } }