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package com.google.gson.internal.bind;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
import com.google.gson.TypeAdapterFactory;
import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
import com.google.gson.stream.JsonToken;
import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

Adapter for java.sql.Date. Although this class appears stateless, it is not. DateFormat captures its time zone and locale when it is created, which gives this class state. DateFormat isn't thread safe either, so this class has to synchronize its read and write methods.
/** * Adapter for java.sql.Date. Although this class appears stateless, it is not. * DateFormat captures its time zone and locale when it is created, which gives * this class state. DateFormat isn't thread safe either, so this class has * to synchronize its read and write methods. */
public final class SqlDateTypeAdapter extends TypeAdapter<java.sql.Date> { public static final TypeAdapterFactory FACTORY = new TypeAdapterFactory() { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we use a runtime check to make sure the 'T's equal @Override public <T> TypeAdapter<T> create(Gson gson, TypeToken<T> typeToken) { return typeToken.getRawType() == java.sql.Date.class ? (TypeAdapter<T>) new SqlDateTypeAdapter() : null; } }; private final DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy"); @Override public synchronized java.sql.Date read(JsonReader in) throws IOException { if (in.peek() == JsonToken.NULL) { in.nextNull(); return null; } try { final long utilDate = format.parse(in.nextString()).getTime(); return new java.sql.Date(utilDate); } catch (ParseException e) { throw new JsonSyntaxException(e); } } @Override public synchronized void write(JsonWriter out, java.sql.Date value) throws IOException { out.value(value == null ? null : format.format(value)); } }