/**

  * Copyright 2005-2013 Dozer Project

  *

  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

  * limitations under the License.

  */

 package org.dozer.converters;

 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;

 /**

  * Internal class for converting Supported Data Types --> String. Uses date formatter for Date and Calendar source

  * objects. Calls toString() on the source object for all other types. Only intended for internal use.

  * 

  * @author tierney.matt

  */

 public class StringConverter implements Converter {

   private DateFormatContainer dateFormatContainer;

   public StringConverter(DateFormatContainer dateFormatContainer) {

     this.dateFormatContainer = dateFormatContainer;

   }

   public Object convert(Class destClass, Object srcObj) {

     String result;

     Class srcClass = srcObj.getClass();

     if (dateFormatContainer != null && java.util.Date.class.isAssignableFrom(srcClass)

         && dateFormatContainer.getDateFormat() != null) {

       result = dateFormatContainer.getDateFormat().format((java.util.Date) srcObj);

     } else if (dateFormatContainer != null && java.util.Calendar.class.isAssignableFrom(srcClass)

         && dateFormatContainer.getDateFormat() != null) {

       result = dateFormatContainer.getDateFormat().format(((java.util.Calendar) srcObj).getTime());

     } else {

       result = srcObj.toString();

     }

     return result;

   }

   public DateFormatContainer getDateFormatContainer() {

     return dateFormatContainer;

   }

   public void setDateFormatContainer(DateFormatContainer dateFormat) {

     this.dateFormatContainer = dateFormat;

   }

 }