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/* * This program is part of the OpenLMIS logistics management information system platform software. * Copyright 2013 VillageReach * * This program 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. * * 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses. For additional information contact info@OpenLMIS.org. */ package org.openlmis.core.serializer; import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext; import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer; import java.io.IOException; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isBlank; /** * DateDeserializer class represents the deserializer for Date. */ public class DateDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Date> { @Override public Date deserialize(JsonParser jsonparser, DeserializationContext deserializationcontext) throws IOException { try { if (isBlank(jsonparser.getText())) return null; return new Date(Long.parseLong(jsonparser.getText())); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { try { SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault()); return dateFormat.parse(jsonparser.getText()); } catch (ParseException ex) { throw new RuntimeException(ex); } } } }