SimpleDateAdaptor.java

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package org.melati.template;

import java.sql.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.ParsePosition;

import org.melati.poem.Field;
import org.melati.servlet.Form;

/**
 * A SimpleDateAdaptor is used to format a date field into 
 * a dd/mm/yyyy format for display. 
 *
 * It also adapts the input (given in dd/mm/yyyy or yyyyMMdd)
 * back to a java.sql.Date.
 */

public class SimpleDateAdaptor implements TempletAdaptor {

  /** The instance. */
  public static final SimpleDateAdaptor it = new SimpleDateAdaptor();

  private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter1 = 
      new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

  // allow other forms of date - this one yyyyMMdd

  private static SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter2 =
      new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");

  @Override
  public Object rawFrom(ServletTemplateContext context, String fieldName) {
    String value = Form.getFieldNulled(context,fieldName);
    if (value == null) return null;
    java.util.Date date = dateFormatter1.parse(value, new ParsePosition(0));
    // give it another go using a different format
    if (date == null)
      date = dateFormatter2.parse(value, new ParsePosition(0));
    return new Date(date.getTime());
  }

  /**
   * @param dateField the input Field
   * @return the rendered String
   */
  public String rendered(Field<Date> dateField) {
    return dateField.getRaw() == null ?
               "" :
               dateFormatter1.format((java.util.Date)dateField.getRaw());
  }
}