private void configureDateFormat(Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder) {
// We support a fully qualified class name extending DateFormat or a date
// pattern string value
String dateFormat = this.jacksonProperties.getDateFormat();
if (dateFormat != null) {
try {
Class<?> dateFormatClass = ClassUtils.forName(dateFormat, null);
builder.dateFormat((DateFormat) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(dateFormatClass));
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
builder.dateFormat(new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat));
}
}
}
