/*

     dsh-commandline  Command line parser based on typed arguments.

     Copyright (c) 2004-2012 held jointly by the individual authors.

     This library 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.

     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT

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     License for more details.

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     Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA.

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 */

 package org.dishevelled.commandline.argument;

 import java.text.DateFormat;

 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

 import java.util.Date;

 /**

  * A date argument.

  *

  * @author  Michael Heuer

  * @version $Revision: 1059 $ $Date: 2012-01-03 14:03:02 -0600 (Tue, 03 Jan 2012) $

  */

 public final class DateArgument

     extends AbstractArgument<Date>

 {

     /**

      * Create a new date argument.

      *

      * @param shortName short argument name

      * @param longName long argument name

      * @param description argument description

      * @param required <code>true</code> if this argument is required

      */

     public DateArgument(final String shortName,

                         final String longName,

                         final String description,

                         final boolean required)

     {

         super(shortName, longName, description, required);

     }

     /** {@inheritDoc} */

     protected Date convert(final String s)

         throws Exception

     {

         DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance();

         ((SimpleDateFormat) df).applyPattern("yyyy-MM-dd");

         return df.parse(s);

     }

 }