DateAdapter, useful to convert String to Date and conversely, for use with JAXB 2.0. Can be used when customizing XML Schema to Java Representation Binding (XJC).

JaxbDateAdapter.java

package com.developpez.hugo.ws.adapters;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

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

/**
 * DateAdapter, useful to convert String to Date and conversely, for use with JAXB 2.0.
 * <br>
 * Can be used when customizing XML Schema to Java Representation Binding (XJC).
 * 
 */
public class JaxbDateAdapter
        extends XmlAdapter<String, Date>
{
    private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";

    private static final ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat> dateFormatter = new ThreadLocal<SimpleDateFormat>()
    {
        protected SimpleDateFormat initialValue()
        {
            return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
        }
    };

    public Date unmarshal(String value)
    {
        if (value == null)
        {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat sf = dateFormatter.get();
        try
        {
            return sf.parse(value);
        }
        catch (ParseException e)
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public String marshal(final Date value)
    {
        if (value == null)
        {
            return null;
        }
        SimpleDateFormat sf = dateFormatter.get();
        return sf.format(value);
    }

}