DateTimeTypeAdapter.java

package com.mzeat.api;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;

public class DateTimeTypeAdapter implements JsonSerializer<java.util.Date>,
		JsonDeserializer<java.util.Date> {
	private final SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(
			"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

	@Override
	public java.util.Date deserialize(JsonElement json, Type t,
			JsonDeserializationContext arg2) throws JsonParseException {
		if (!(json instanceof JsonPrimitive)) {
			throw new JsonParseException("The date should be a string value");
		}
		try {
			Date date = format.parse(json.getAsString());
			return new java.util.Date(date.getTime());
		} catch (ParseException e) {
			throw new JsonParseException(e);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public JsonElement serialize(java.util.Date ts, Type arg1,
			JsonSerializationContext arg2) {
		String dfString = format.format(ts);
		return new JsonPrimitive(dfString);
	}

}