IntDate.java

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package org.forgerock.json.jose.utils;

import java.util.Date;

import org.forgerock.json.jose.exceptions.JwtRuntimeException;

/**
 * This class provides utility methods for converting Java Date objects into and from IntDates.
 * <p>
 * Where an IntDate is a JSON numeric value representing the number of seconds from 1970-01-01T0:0:0Z UTC until the
 * specified UTC date/time.
 *
 * @see <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-jones-json-web-token-10#section-2">IntDate</a>
 *
 * @since 2.0.0
 */
public final class IntDate {

    /**
     * Private constructor.
     */
    private IntDate() {
    }

    /**
     * Converts a Java Date object into an IntDate.
     * <p>
     * <strong>Note:</strong> Precision is lost in this conversion as the milliseconds are dropped as a part of the
     * conversion.
     *
     * @param date The Java Date to convert.
     * @return The IntDate representation of the Java Date.
     */
    public static long toIntDate(Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            throw new JwtRuntimeException("Null date cannot be converted to IntDate");
        }
        return date.getTime() / 1000L;
    }

    /**
     * Converts an IntDate into a Java Date object.
     * <p>
     * <strong>Note:</strong> Milliseconds are set to zero on the converted Java Date as an IntDate does not hold
     * millisecond information.
     *
     * @param intDate The IntDate to convert.
     * @return The Java Date representation of the IntDate.
     */
    public static Date fromIntDate(long intDate) {
        return new Date(intDate * 1000L);
    }
}