When making a POJO in Firebase, can you use ServerValue.TIMESTAMP?

Question

When you\'re making a Plain Old Java Object that\'s meant to be serialized from and deserialized to Firebase, is there a way to use the ServerValue.TIMESTAMP va

Answer 1

The most common use for Server.TIMESTAMP is:

1. set the server value when the data is SENT into the server
2. fetch this model from firebase,and cast it easily to Long

This trick saved me the hard work of handle 2 different fields for only 1 value

    public class HandleTimestampFirebaseObject {

    Object timestamp;

    public HandleTimestampFirebaseObject() {

    }

    public Object getTimestamp(){
        if(timestamp instanceof Double){

      /*    this will handle the case of AFTER fetch from backend,and  
            serialize to object into SharedPreferences for example ,when the 
            Object casting automatically into Double.
            (Anyway,call (long)getTimestamp from your code who use this model*/
            return ((Double) timestamp).longValue();
        }
        else{
            return timestamp;  //this handle to firebase requirement in the server side(Object needed)
        }
    }