Java tutorial
package org.angnysa.yaba.text.format; /* * #%L * Yet Another Budget Application * %% * Copyright (C) 2012 angnysa * %% * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public * License along with this program. If not, see * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html>. * #L% */ import java.text.FieldPosition; import java.text.Format; import java.text.ParsePosition; import org.joda.time.LocalDate; import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter; import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat; public class JodaLocalDateFormat extends Format { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; protected DateTimeFormatter formatter; public JodaLocalDateFormat() { this(ISODateTimeFormat.date()); } public JodaLocalDateFormat(DateTimeFormatter formatter) { super(); this.formatter = formatter; } @Override public StringBuffer format(Object obj, StringBuffer toAppendTo, FieldPosition pos) { if (obj instanceof LocalDate) { toAppendTo.append(formatter.print((LocalDate) obj)); } else if (obj != null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("obj"); } return toAppendTo; } @Override public Object parseObject(String source, ParsePosition pos) { if (pos == null) { throw new NullPointerException("pos"); } try { if (source == null || source.length() == 0) { return null; } else { LocalDate parsed = formatter.parseLocalDate(source); pos.setIndex(source.length()); return parsed; } } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { pos.setErrorIndex(0); return null; } } }