JSONDateFormatConverter

java.lang.Object

com.blackrook.json.converters.JSONDateFormatConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:: JSONConverter<Date>

Direct Known Subclasses:: JSONISODateTimeConverter

public class JSONDateFormatConverter extends Object implements JSONConverter<Date>

A special converter that converts dates from strings to Dates in JSON member data.

Since:: 1.3.0
Author:: Matthew Tropiano

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

JSONDateFormatConverter(String format)

Creates a new converter using a SimpleDateFormat string.

JSONDateFormatConverter(String format, TimeZone timeZone)

Creates a new converter using a SimpleDateFormat string.
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

JSONObject

getJSONObject(Date object)

Returns a JSON object that represents this object instance (and its contents).

Date

getObject(JSONObject jsonObject)

Returns a Java Object that is equivalent to the input JSON Object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- JSONDateFormatConverter
  
  public JSONDateFormatConverter(String format)
  
  Creates a new converter using a SimpleDateFormat string.
  
  Parameters:
  
  format - the format string.
- JSONDateFormatConverter
  
  public JSONDateFormatConverter(String format, TimeZone timeZone)
  
  Creates a new converter using a SimpleDateFormat string.
  
  Parameters:
  
  format - the format string.
  
  timeZone - the date's target timezone before conversion.
Method Details
- getJSONObject
  
  public JSONObject getJSONObject(Date object)
  
  Description copied from interface: JSONConverter
  
  Returns a JSON object that represents this object instance (and its contents). The policy of this method is to help return something that can be converted back to Java via JSONConverter.getObject(JSONObject) with close-to or dead-on 100% equivalence.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getJSONObject in interface JSONConverter<Date>
  
  Parameters:
  
  object - the object to inspect.
  
  Returns:
  
  an accurate JSONObject that represents this object.
- getObject
  
  public Date getObject(JSONObject jsonObject)
  
  Description copied from interface: JSONConverter
  
  Returns a Java Object that is equivalent to the input JSON Object.
  
  Specified by:
  
  getObject in interface JSONConverter<Date>
  
  Parameters:
  
  jsonObject - the JSON Object to convert.
  
  Returns:
  
  an accurate object from the JSON.