/**
 *  Product: Posterita Web-Based POS and Adempiere Plugin
 *  Copyright (C) 2007  Posterita Ltd
 *  This file is part of POSterita
 *  
 *  POSterita 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 program 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 Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 * Created on 26-Aug-2005 by alok
 *
 */
 
package org.posterita.formatter;

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

import org.posterita.core.JulianDate;


public class JulianDateFormatter extends Formatter
{
	public Object format(Object value)
	{
		if (value==null)
			return "";
			
		JulianDate julianDate = (JulianDate) value;
		
		DateFormat mediumDF = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);

		String string = mediumDF.format(julianDate.getJavaDate());
			
		return string;
	}
	


	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.shortletting.formatter.Formatter#unformat(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	public Object unformat(Object target)
	{
		if (target == null)
			return null;
		String value = (String) target;
		
		DateFormat mediumDF = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
		
		Date date = new Date();
		
		try
		{
			date = mediumDF.parse(value);
		} 
		catch (ParseException e)
		{
			//throw new RunTimeException("Fatal Error converting dates");
			/*
			 * @TODO silent exception needs to be logged.
			 */
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		
		JulianDate julDate = new JulianDate(date);
		
		return julDate;
	}
	

}
