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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Pyxis Technologies inc.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA,
 * or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
 */
package com.greenpepper.converter;

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

/**
 * TypeConverter implementation that converts strings to
 * Date objects.
 *
 * @version $Revision: $ $Date: $
 * @author oaouattara
 */
public class DateConverter
        extends AbstractTypeConverter
{
    private DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    protected Object doConvert(String value)
    {
        try
        {
            return format.parse(value);
        }
        catch (ParseException ex)
        {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported date format", ex);
        }
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public boolean canConvertTo(Class type)
    {
        return Date.class.isAssignableFrom(type);
    }
}