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/* * Copyright 2014 Agorava * * 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 org.agorava.yammer.impl; import java.io.IOException; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser; import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer; /** * @author Werner Keil * @author Morten Andersen-Gott * */ public class YammerDateDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Date> { //Example format: 2011/03/03 21:12:57 +0000 public static final String DATE_FORMAT_MASK = "yyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss Z"; public static final Locale LOCALE = Locale.ENGLISH; @Override public Date deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException { try { return createDateFormatter().parse(jp.getText()); } catch (ParseException e) { return null; } } SimpleDateFormat createDateFormatter() { return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_MASK, LOCALE); } }