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package org.maxkey.authz.oauth2.common.util;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;

/**
 * JSON serializer for Jackson to handle regular date instances as timestamps in ISO format.
 * 
 * @author Dave Syer
 * 
 */
public class JsonDateSerializer extends JsonSerializer<Date> {

	private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");

	@Override
	public void serialize(Date date, JsonGenerator generator, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
			JsonProcessingException {
		synchronized (dateFormat) {
			String formatted = dateFormat.format(date);
			generator.writeString(formatted);
		}
	}

}