Subj : best way to create native javascript date from Java with Rhino
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : barnabas.wolf@mssm.edu (Barnabas Wolf)
Date : Sun Feb 02 2003 02:32 pm

What is the best way to create a JavaScript Date object from Java? 
Rhino wraps java.util.Date's using NativeJavaObject; it does not
convert them to NativeDate.  I am currently using a workaround in a
WrapFactory:

if (val instanceof java.util.Date) {
  long time=((java.util.Date) val).getTime();
  return cx.evaluateString(
      scope, "new Date(" + time + ");", 
      "date conversion", 1, null) 
}

Is there a better way to do this?  (More efficient or more elegant
way?)

Is there a specific reason Rhino is not able to convert Dates into
native types, like it can with Numbers and Strings?

Thanks,
Barnabas

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