Dozer Converter to convert org.joda.time.LocalDate to java.util.Date.

dozerBeanMapping.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mappings xmlns="http://dozer.sourceforge.net" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://dozer.sourceforge.net http://dozer.sourceforge.net/schema/beanmapping.xsd">

	<configuration>
		<relationship-type>non-cumulative</relationship-type>

        <custom-converters>

            <converter type="...util.dozer.converters.time.LocalDateToDateConverter">
                <class-a>org.joda.time.LocalDate</class-a>
                <class-b>java.util.Date</class-b>
            </converter>

        </custom-converters>

    </configuration>

LocalDateToDateConverter.java

package ...util.dozer.converters.time;

import java.util.Date;

import org.dozer.DozerConverter;
import org.joda.time.LocalDate;

/**
 * <b>Converter Dozer</b> : Convert a {@link LocalDate} to {@link Date}.
 */
public class LocalDateToDateConverter
        extends DozerConverter<LocalDate, Date>
{

    public LocalDateToDateConverter()
    {
        super(LocalDate.class, Date.class);
    }

    @Override
    public Date convertTo(LocalDate source, Date destination)
    {
        if (source == null)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return source.toDate();
    }

    @Override
    public LocalDate convertFrom(Date source, LocalDate destination)
    {
        if (source == null)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return new LocalDate(source);
    }

}