private static Date convertDate(Attribute attr, Object value) {
if (value instanceof Date) {
return (Date) value;
}
if (value == null) {
return null;
}
// try to convert value
Date dateValue;
if (value instanceof String) {
String paramStrValue = (String) value;
try {
dateValue = getDateFormat().parse(paramStrValue);
} catch (ParseException e) {
throw new MolgenisValidationException(
new ConstraintViolation(
format(
"Attribute [%s] value [%s] does not match date format [%s]",
attr.getName(),
paramStrValue,
MolgenisDateFormat.getDateFormat().toPattern())));
}
} else {
throw new MolgenisValidationException(
new ConstraintViolation(
format(
"Attribute [%s] value is of type [%s] instead of [%s]",
attr.getName(), value.getClass().getSimpleName(), String.class.getSimpleName())));
}
return dateValue;
}
@Test
public void convertDate() throws ParseException {
AttributeMetaData attr =
new DefaultAttributeMetaData("attr").setDataType(MolgenisFieldTypes.DATE);
assertEquals(
DataConverter.convert("2015-06-04", attr),
MolgenisDateFormat.getDateFormat().parse("2015-06-04"));
}