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'databene commons' is an open source Java library by Volker Bergmann. It provides extensions to the Java core library by utility classes, abstract concepts and concrete implementations.

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Volker Bergmann ([email protected]).
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.databene.commons.converter;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import org.databene.commons.ConversionException;

/**
 * Parses a {@link String} as {@link DateFormat}.
 * Created at 13.07.2009 18:38:54
 * @since 0.5.0
 * @author Volker Bergmann
 */

public class String2DateFormatConverter extends ThreadSafeConverter {

    public String2DateFormatConverter() {
	    super(String.class, DateFormat.class);
    }

    @Override
	public DateFormat convert(String pattern) throws ConversionException {
	    try {
	        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        } catch (Exception e) {
        	throw new ConversionException("Error in SimpleDateFormat creation", e);
        }
    }

}