Java tutorial
package org.ttn.android.sdk.v1.api; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonParseException; import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive; import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext; import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer; import org.joda.time.DateTime; import org.joda.time.format.ISODateTimeFormat; import java.lang.reflect.Type; /* * Copyright 2016 Fabio Tiriticco / Fabway * * 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. * * Created by fabiotiriticco on 5 June 2016. * */ public class DateTimeConverter implements JsonSerializer<DateTime>, JsonDeserializer<DateTime> { // No need for an InstanceCreator since DateTime provides a no-args constructor @Override public JsonElement serialize(DateTime src, Type srcType, JsonSerializationContext context) { // TODO: convert to ISO return new JsonPrimitive(src.getMillis()); } @Override public DateTime deserialize(JsonElement json, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException { String dateStr = json.getAsString(); DateTime time = null; try { time = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().parseDateTime(dateStr); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e1) { // maybe we need to add a Z at the end? Someone might be sending wrong dates try { time = ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().parseDateTime(dateStr + "Z"); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e2) { // pity, nothing to do } } return time; } }