/** You may copy this example and use it for any purpose, commercial or otherwise. */

import com.ricebridge.data.sc.DefaultStringConverter;

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


/** This utility class shows how to implement a StringConverter for 
 *  custom conversion of textual data into Java data types. It converts
 *  dates in the format 2007-12-31 into java.util.Date objects.
 *
 *  To compile this class, you will need to include xmlman.jar
 *  (in the lib folder of the XML Manager distribution) in your CLASSPATH. 
 */
public class DateConverter extends DefaultStringConverter {

  private Date       iDefault    = new Date();
  private DateFormat iDateFormat = null;


  /** Create a DateConverter based on a specific date format. */
  public DateConverter( DateFormat pDateFormat ) {
    iDateFormat = pDateFormat;
  }


  /** Create a Date object from a String. */
  protected Object makeObjectImpl( String pValue ) throws Exception {
    return iDateFormat.parse(pValue);
  }


  /** Return the default Date object. */
  protected Object makeDefaultObjectImpl() {
    return new Date();
  }


  /** Create a String from a Date object. */
  protected String makeStringImpl( Object pValue ) throws Exception {
    return iDateFormat.format((Date)pValue);
  }


  /** Return the default String. */
  protected String makeDefaultStringImpl() {
    return new Date().toString();
  }
}