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Ravi
Ravi

Reputation: 369

jaxb XML marshaling need to format date differently

We have a requirement to format the date fields differently during XML returned from jax-rs webservice.

ex.

Class Dates {
    Date date1; //in xml this date must be in format dd-mon-yyyy
    Date date2; // in xml this date must be in format dd-mm-yyyy hh:ss sss
}

we tried XMLAdapter but we are not able to identify if it is for field date1 or date2

please advise. if there are any other filters or events I can use

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2047

Answers (3)

bdoughan
bdoughan

Reputation: 148977

we tried XMLAdapter but we are not able to identify if it is for field date1 or date2

An XmlAdapter is the right approach, you just need one per format you are trying to achieve.

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
class Dates {
    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(MyDateAdapter.class)
    Date date1; //in xml this date must be in format dd-mon-yyyy

    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(MyDateTimeAdapter.class)
    Date date2; // in xml this date must be in format dd-mm-yyyy hh:ss sss
}

If you are generating these classes from an XML schema, see my answer linked below:

Upvotes: 1

Hendrik Jander
Hendrik Jander

Reputation: 5715

You can use different xsd types for your dates. For the first use

<xs:element name="mySimpleDate" type="xs:date"/>

For th second use

<xs:element name="myDatetime" type="xs:dateTime"/>

in your xsd.

Upvotes: 1

antoniodvr
antoniodvr

Reputation: 1259

You can create a new class extending java.util.Date like a sort of wrapper:

public class CustomDate extends Date {

    public CustomDate() {
        super();
    } 

}

Declare date2 as CustomDate and in this way you will be able to parse the two date correctly.

Otherwise declare date2 as Timestamp object and create two different adapter for both types.

To construct it starting from a Date object:

Date d2 = new Date();
Timestamp t2 = new Timestamp(d2.getTime());

Upvotes: 0

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