Java XML Date Create createXMLGregorianCalendar(final Date date)

Description

Converts a given Date to a new XMLGregorianCalendar .

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	the date to be converted

Return

the new XMLGregorianCalendar or null

Declaration

public static XMLGregorianCalendar createXMLGregorianCalendar(final Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory;
import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Converts a given {@code Date} to a new {@code XMLGregorianCalendar}.
     *
     * @param date the date to be converted
     * @return the new {@code XMLGregorianCalendar} or null
     */
    public static XMLGregorianCalendar createXMLGregorianCalendar(final Date date) {

        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        }
        final GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
        calendar.setTime(date);
        try {

            XMLGregorianCalendar xmlGregorianCalendar = DatatypeFactory.newInstance()
                    .newXMLGregorianCalendar(calendar);
            xmlGregorianCalendar.setFractionalSecond(null);
            xmlGregorianCalendar = xmlGregorianCalendar.normalize(); // to UTC = Zulu
            return xmlGregorianCalendar;
        } catch (DatatypeConfigurationException e) {

            // LOG.warn("Unable to properly convert a Date to an XMLGregorianCalendar",e);
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. createXMLGregorianCalendar(Date currentDateTime)
2. createXmlGregorianCalendar(Date date)
3. createXMLGregorianCalendar(final Date time)
4. dateToString(Calendar calendar)
5. dateToXml(Date date)
6. DateToXmlCalendar(Date date)