GWT: use DateTimeFormat on client and SimpleDateFormat on server

Question

I have a function that must work the same way on both client and server and it formats dates.

if (GWT.isClient())
{
  // Use DateTimeFormat
} else {
  // Use         


        

Answer 1

import java.util.Date;

import com.google.gwt.core.shared.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.thirdparty.guava.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.gwt.thirdparty.guava.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;

public abstract class DateTimeFormat
{
    static DateTimeFormat getFormat(String pattern)
    {
        if (GWT.isClient())
            return DateTimeFormatClient.getFormat(pattern);
        else
            return DateTimeFormatServer.getFormat(pattern);
    }

    public abstract String format(Date date);

    @GwtCompatible
    private static class DateTimeFormatClient extends DateTimeFormat
    {
        private com.google.gwt.i18n.client.DateTimeFormat dateTimeFormat;

        protected DateTimeFormatClient(String pattern)
        {
            this.dateTimeFormat = com.google.gwt.i18n.client.DateTimeFormat.getFormat(pattern);
        }

        public static DateTimeFormat getFormat(String pattern)
        {
            return new DateTimeFormatClient(pattern);
        }

        public String format(Date date)
        {
            return dateTimeFormat.format(date);
        }
    }

    @GwtIncompatible("Server version of the class")
    private static class DateTimeFormatServer extends DateTimeFormat
    {
        private java.text.SimpleDateFormat dateTimeFormat;

        protected DateTimeFormatServer(String pattern)
        {
            this.dateTimeFormat = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
        }

        public static DateTimeFormat getFormat(String pattern)
        {
            return new DateTimeFormatServer(pattern);
        }

        public String format(Date date)
        {
            return dateTimeFormat.format(date);
        }       

    }
}