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package org.apache.avro.reflect;

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

import org.apache.avro.Schema;
import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;

This encoder/decoder writes a java.util.Date object as a long to avro and reads a Date object from long. The long stores the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the Date object.
/** * This encoder/decoder writes a java.util.Date object as a long to avro and * reads a Date object from long. The long stores the number of milliseconds * since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the Date object. */
public class DateAsLongEncoding extends CustomEncoding<Date> { { schema = Schema.create(Schema.Type.LONG); schema.addProp("CustomEncoding", "DateAsLongEncoding"); } @Override protected final void write(Object datum, Encoder out) throws IOException { out.writeLong(((Date) datum).getTime()); } @Override protected final Date read(Object reuse, Decoder in) throws IOException { if (reuse instanceof Date) { ((Date) reuse).setTime(in.readLong()); return (Date) reuse; } else return new Date(in.readLong()); } }