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 package org.equanda.tapestry5.translators;

 import org.apache.tapestry5.Translator;

 import org.apache.tapestry5.ValidationException;

 import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Messages;

 import java.sql.Timestamp;

 /**

  * Tapestry translator for Timestamp values.

  *

  * @author <a href="mailto:joachim@progs.be">Joachim Van der Auwera</a>

  */

 public class TimestampTranslator

     implements Translator<Timestamp>

 {

     /**

      * Parses blank values to null, otherwise parses the client value to a Timestamp

      *

      * @throws ValidationException if the clientValue can not be parsed

      */

     public Timestamp parseClient( String clientValue, Messages messages )

         throws ValidationException

     {

         if ( clientValue == null || clientValue.length() == 0 ) return null;

         clientValue = clientValue.trim();

         if ( clientValue.length() == 0 ) return null;

         try

         {

             return new Timestamp( Timestamp.parse( clientValue.trim() ) );

         }

         catch ( NumberFormatException ex )

         {

             throw new ValidationException( messages.format( "number-format-exception", clientValue ) );

         }

     }

     /**

      * Converts null to the blank string, non-null to a string representation.

      */

     public String toClient( Timestamp value )

     {

         return value == null ? "" : value.toString();

     }

     public Class<Timestamp> getType() { return Timestamp.class; }

 }