review changes and fix for converting string with time to date using a LocalDateDeserializer

rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/rm/rest/api/util/CustomDateTimeSerializer.java

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdScalarSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
  * @author Rodica Sutu
  * @since 3.0
  */
-public class CustomDateTimeSerializer extends StdScalarSerializer<DateTime>
+public class CustomDateTimeSerializer extends StdSerializer<DateTime>
 {
     /** Date time format */
     private final static DateTimeFormatter DATE_TIME_FORMAT = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");

rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/rm/rest/api/util/CustomLocalDateDeserializer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Records Management Module
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2018 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
+ * -
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * -
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+package org.alfresco.rm.rest.api.util;
+
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer;
+
+import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
+
+/**
+ * Custom Local Date deserializer for converting a string value with time into a org.joda.time.LocalDate value
+ *
+ * @author Rodica Sutu
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class CustomLocalDateDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<LocalDate>
+{
+    /** Local date format */
+    private final static DateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+
+
+    public CustomLocalDateDeserializer()
+    {
+        super(LocalDate.class);
+    }
+    protected CustomLocalDateDeserializer(Class<LocalDate> vc)
+    {
+        super(vc);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom deserialize method to convert a string value into a org.joda.time.LocalDate value using the DATE_FORMAT
+     *
+     * @param p   local date value
+     * @param ctx
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public LocalDate deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctx) throws IOException
+    {
+        Date date = null;
+        try
+        {
+            // convert the string with time into a date value using the format DATE_FORMAT
+            date = DATE_FORMAT.parse(p.getText());
+        }
+        catch (ParseException e)
+        {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        // convert the date into a LocalDate
+        return LocalDate.fromDateFields(date);
+    }
+}

rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/rm/rest/api/util/CustomLocalDateSerializer.java

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdScalarSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
 
 import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
 import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
  * @author Rodica Sutu
  * @since 3.0
  */
-public class CustomLocalDateSerializer extends StdScalarSerializer<LocalDate>
+public class CustomLocalDateSerializer extends StdSerializer<LocalDate>
 {
     /** Local date format */
     private final static DateTimeFormatter DATE_FORMAT = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");