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1   /**
2    *
3    * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
4    *
5    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
8    *
9    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10   *
11   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13   *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15   *  limitations under the License.
16   */
17  package org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor;
18  
19  import java.text.DateFormat;
20  import java.text.ParseException;
21  
22  /**
23   * A property editor for Date typed properties.
24   *
25   * @version $Rev: 356022 $
26   */
27  public class DateEditor extends TextPropertyEditorSupport {
28      /**
29       * Convert the text value of the property into a Date object instance.
30       *
31       * @return a Date object constructed from the property text value.
32       * @throws PropertyEditorException Unable to parse the string value into a Date.
33       */
34      public Object getValue() {
35          try {
36              // Get a date formatter to parse this.
37              // This retrieves the formatter using the current execution locale,
38              // which could present an intererting problem when applied to deployment
39              // plans written in other locales.  Sort of a Catch-22 situation.
40              DateFormat formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
41              return formatter.parse(getAsText().trim());
42          } catch (ParseException e) {
43              // any format errors show up as a ParseException, which we turn into a PropertyEditorException.
44              throw new PropertyEditorException(e);
45          }
46      }
47  }