Java example source code file (UtcDateTypeAdapterTest.java)

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The UtcDateTypeAdapterTest.java Java example source code

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package com.google.gson.typeadapters;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;

public final class UtcDateTypeAdapterTest extends TestCase {
  private final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
    .registerTypeAdapter(Date.class, new UtcDateTypeAdapter())
    .create();

  public void testLocalTimeZone() {
    Date expected = new Date();
    String json = gson.toJson(expected);
    Date actual = gson.fromJson(json, Date.class);
    assertEquals(expected.getTime(), actual.getTime());
  }

  public void testDifferentTimeZones() {
    for (String timeZone : TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()) {
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZone));
      Date expected = cal.getTime();
      String json = gson.toJson(expected);
      // System.out.println(json + ": " + timeZone);
      Date actual = gson.fromJson(json, Date.class);
      assertEquals(expected.getTime(), actual.getTime());
    }
  }

  /**
   * JDK 1.7 introduced support for XXX format to indicate UTC date. But Android is older JDK.
   * We want to make sure that this date is parseable in Android.
   */
  public void testUtcDatesOnJdkBefore1_7() {
    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
      .registerTypeAdapter(Date.class, new UtcDateTypeAdapter())
      .create();
    gson.fromJson("'2014-12-05T04:00:00.000Z'", Date.class);
  }

  public void testUtcWithJdk7Default() {
    Date expected = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat iso8601Format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX", Locale.US);
    iso8601Format.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
    String expectedJson = "\"" + iso8601Format.format(expected) + "\"";
    String actualJson = gson.toJson(expected);
    assertEquals(expectedJson, actualJson);
    Date actual = gson.fromJson(expectedJson, Date.class);
    assertEquals(expected.getTime(), actual.getTime());
  }

  public void testNullDateSerialization() {
    String json = gson.toJson(null, Date.class);
    assertEquals("null", json);
  }
}