/*

  * Copyright 2007-2009 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.kuali.rice.core.jaxb;

 import java.util.Date;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;

 /**

  * Marshall/unmarshall java.util.Date

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (kuali-rice@googlegroups.com)

  *

  */

 public class JaxbDateAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Date> {

         /**

          * This overridden method ...

          * 

          * @see javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter#marshal(java.lang.Object)

          */

         @Override

         public String marshal(Date date) throws Exception {

                 return (null != date ? Long.toString(date.getTime()) : null);

         }

         /**

          * This overridden method ...

          * 

          * @see javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter#unmarshal(java.lang.Object)

          */

         @Override

         public Date unmarshal(String dateStr) throws Exception {

                 return (null != dateStr ? new Date(Long.parseLong(dateStr)) : null);

         }

 }