Spring Data MongoDB with Java 8 LocalDate MappingException

Question

I try to use the LocalTime from Java 8 Date Time API with Spring Data MongoDB. Inserting the document works as expected, but when I try to read the document, I get the follo

Answer 1

I wrote this little bit of code for all 4 of these conversion options:

• DateToLocalDateTimeConverter
• DateToLocalDateConverter
• LocalDateTimeToDateConverter
• LocalDateToDateConverter

Here is an example

public class DateToLocalDateTimeConverter implements Converter {

    @Override 
    public LocalDateTime convert(Date source) { 
        return source == null ? null : LocalDateTime.ofInstant(source.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault()); 
    }
}

All example here.

Then by including this in the xml configuration for the mongodb connection I was able to work in java 8 dates with mongodb (remember to add all the converters):