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17 package org.apache.geronimo.common.propertyeditor;
18
19 import java.text.DateFormat JavaDoc;
20 import java.text.ParseException JavaDoc;
21
22 /**
23  * A property editor for Date typed properties.
24  *
25  * @version $Rev: 476049 $
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 JavaDoc 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 JavaDoc formatter = DateFormat.getDateInstance();
41             return formatter.parse(getAsText().trim());
42         } catch (ParseException JavaDoc e) {
43             // any format errors show up as a ParseException, which we turn into a PropertyEditorException.
44 throw new PropertyEditorException(e);
45         }
46     }
47 }
48
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