M2XML


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17  package org.alfresco.repo.dictionary;
18  
19  import java.text.ParseException  ;
20  import java.text.SimpleDateFormat  ;
21  import java.util.Date  ;
22  
23  import org.alfresco.util.CachingDateFormat;
24  
25  
26  /**
27   * Support translating model from and to XML
28   * 
29   * @author David Caruana
30   *
31   */
32  public class M2XML
33  {
34     
35      /**
36       * Convert XML date (of the form yyyy-MM-dd) to Date 
37       * 
38       * @param date  the xml representation of the date
39       * @return  the date
40       * @throws ParseException
41       */
42      public static Date   deserialiseDate(String   date)
43          throws ParseException  
44      {
45          Date   xmlDate = null;
46          if (date != null)
47          {
48              SimpleDateFormat   df = CachingDateFormat.getDateOnlyFormat();
49              xmlDate = df.parse(date);
50          }
51          return xmlDate;
52      }
53  
54      
55      /**
56       * Convert date to XML date (of the form yyyy-MM-dd)
57       * 
58       * @param date  the date
59       * @return  the xml representation of the date
60       */
61      public static String   serialiseDate(Date   date)
62      {
63          String   xmlDate = null;
64          if (date != null)
65          {
66              SimpleDateFormat   df = CachingDateFormat.getDateOnlyFormat();
67              xmlDate = df.format(date);
68          }
69          return xmlDate;
70      }
71      
72  }
73
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