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/**
 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License,
 * v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can
 * obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. OpenMRS is also distributed under
 * the terms of the Healthcare Disclaimer located at http://openmrs.org/license.
 *
 * Copyright (C) OpenMRS Inc. OpenMRS is a registered trademark and the OpenMRS
 * graphic logo is a trademark of OpenMRS Inc.
 */
package org.openmrs.web.taglib;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.openmrs.api.context.Context;

/**
 * Returns a string like mm/dd/yyyy for the current user
 */
public class DatePatternTag extends TagSupport {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 122L;

    private final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

    /**
     * This is to tell the user whether the string to be returned is the localized pattern or not,
     * in use as the jquery datepicker widget format
     * 
     * @since 1.7
     */
    private String localize = null;//TRUE by default

    /**
     * Does the actual working of printing the date pattern
     * 
     * @see javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport#doStartTag()
     */
    @Override
    public int doStartTag() {

        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = Context.getDateFormat();

        try {
            String pattern = dateFormat.toLocalizedPattern().toLowerCase();

            if ((localize != null) && "false".equals(localize)) {
                pattern = dateFormat.toPattern().toLowerCase();
            }

            pageContext.getOut().write(pattern);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("error getting date pattern", e);
        }

        return SKIP_BODY;
    }

    public String getLocalize() {
        return localize;
    }

    public void setLocalize(String localize) {
        this.localize = localize;
    }
}