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  * Copyright 2005-2011 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

  *

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 package org.kuali.rice.core.util.jaxb;

 import java.util.Date;

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

 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

 import org.kuali.rice.core.api.CoreApiServiceLocator;

 /**

  * An XML Adapter that relies on the DateTimeService to marshal and unmarshal datetime values in String form.

  * Converts Strings to java.util.Date instances and vice versa.

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public class StringToDateTimeAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String,Date> {

     /**

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

      */

     @Override

     public Date unmarshal(String v) throws Exception {

         return (v != null) ? CoreApiServiceLocator.getDateTimeService().convertToDateTime(StringUtils.trim(v)) : null;

     }

     /**

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

      */

     @Override

     public String marshal(Date v) throws Exception {

         return (v != null) ? CoreApiServiceLocator.getDateTimeService().toDateTimeString(v) : null;

     }

 }