LocalDateAdapter, useful to convert String to Joda Time's LocalDate and conversely, for use with JAXB 2.0. Can be used when customizing XML Schema to Java Representation Binding (XJC).

LocalDateAdapter.java

package xml.adapters.jodatime;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
import org.joda.time.LocalDate;

/**
 * LocalDateAdapter, useful to convert String to Joda Time's LocalDate and conversely, for use with JAXB 2.0.
 * <br>
 * Can be used when customizing XML Schema to Java Representation Binding (XJC).
 * 
 * @see org.joda.time.LocalDate
 */
public class LocalDateAdapter
        extends XmlAdapter<String, LocalDate>
{

    public LocalDate unmarshal(String v) throws Exception
    {
        return new LocalDate(v);
    }

    public String marshal(LocalDate v) throws Exception
    {
        return v.toString();
    }

}