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017    package org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor;
018    
019    import java.text.DateFormat;
020    import java.text.ParseException;
021    
022    /**
023     * A property editor for Date typed properties.
024     *
025     * @version $Rev: 547737 $
026     */
027    public class DateEditor extends TextPropertyEditorSupport {
028        /**
029         * Convert the text value of the property into a Date object instance.
030         *
031         * @return a Date object constructed from the property text value.
032         * @throws PropertyEditorException Unable to parse the string value into a Date.
033         */
034        public Object getValue() {
035            try {
036                // Get a date formatter to parse this.
037                // This retrieves the formatter using the current execution locale,
038                // which could present an intererting problem when applied to deployment
039                // plans written in other locales.  Sort of a Catch-22 situation.
040                DateFormat formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
041                return formatter.parse(getAsText().trim());
042            } catch (ParseException e) {
043                // any format errors show up as a ParseException, which we turn into a PropertyEditorException.
044                throw new PropertyEditorException(e.getMessage(), e);
045            }
046        }
047    }