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/** * This file is part of huborcid. * * huborcid is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * huborcid is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with huborcid. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package it.cineca.pst.huborcid.web.propertyeditors; import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime; import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat; import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; import org.springframework.util.StringUtils; import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport; import java.util.Date; /** * Custom PropertyEditorSupport to convert from String to * Date using JodaTime (http://www.joda.org/joda-time/). */ public class LocaleDateTimeEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport { private final DateTimeFormatter formatter; private final boolean allowEmpty; /** * Create a new LocaleDateTimeEditor instance, using the given format for * parsing and rendering. * <p/> * The "allowEmpty" parameter states if an empty String should be allowed * for parsing, i.e. get interpreted as null value. Otherwise, an * IllegalArgumentException gets thrown. * * @param dateFormat DateFormat to use for parsing and rendering * @param allowEmpty if empty strings should be allowed */ public LocaleDateTimeEditor(String dateFormat, boolean allowEmpty) { this.formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(dateFormat); this.allowEmpty = allowEmpty; } /** * Format the YearMonthDay as String, using the specified format. * * @return DateTime formatted string */ @Override public String getAsText() { Date value = (Date) getValue(); return value != null ? new LocalDateTime(value).toString(formatter) : ""; } /** * Parse the value from the given text, using the specified format. * * @param text the text to format * @throws IllegalArgumentException */ @Override public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException { if (allowEmpty && !StringUtils.hasText(text)) { // Treat empty String as null value. setValue(null); } else { setValue(new LocalDateTime(formatter.parseDateTime(text))); } } }