Converts a java.util.Date into an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar - Java XML

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Converts a java.util.Date into an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

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

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        Date date = new Date();
        System.out.println(dateAsCalendar(date));
    }

    private static DatatypeFactory df = null;

    /**
     * Converts a java.util.Date into an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar
     *
     * @param date Instance of java.util.Date or a null reference
     * @return XMLGregorianCalendar instance whose value is based upon the
     * value in the date parameter. If the date parameter is null then
     * this method will simply return null.
     */
    public static XMLGregorianCalendar dateAsCalendar(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
            gc.setTimeInMillis(date.getTime());
            return df.newXMLGregorianCalendar(gc);
        }
    }
}

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