/** Copyright (c) 2007 Ricebridge. BSD License. */

package com.ricebridge.example.updown;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import com.ricebridge.data.sc.DefaultStringConverter;


/** A utility class for converting between Date objects and Strings.
 *  You can use this as an example when writing your own String to object 
 *  converters. */
public class SqlDateStringConverter extends DefaultStringConverter {

  private DateFormat mFormat;

  
  /** Specify a DateFormat for parsing and generating textual dates. */
  public SqlDateStringConverter( DateFormat pFormat ) {
    mFormat = pFormat;
  } 
  
  
  /** Create a java.sql.Date object from a String. */
  protected Object makeObjectImpl( String pString ) throws Exception { 
    return new java.sql.Date( mFormat.parse( pString ).getTime() );
  }
  
  
  /** Create a String from a java.sql.Date object. */
  protected String makeStringImpl( Object pObject ) {
    return mFormat.format( new Date( ((java.sql.Date)pObject).getTime() ) );
  }

}