Webwork DefaultTypeConverter DateConverter

public class DateConverter extends DefaultTypeConverter {
 
    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DateConverter.class);
    
    private String pattern = "dd/MM/yyyy";
    
    private Date parse(Object object) {
      DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
      Date d = null;
      try {
        sdf.setLenient(false);
        d = sdf.parse((String) object);
      } catch (ParseException e) {
          if ( log.isDebugEnabled() ) {
              log.debug("DateConverter - [parse]: Exception catched when parsing - " + e.getMessage());
          }
          throw new RuntimeException(e);
      }
      return d;
    }
    
	public Object convertValue( Map map, Object object, Class aClass ) {
        Object o = null;
        if ( object instanceof Object[] ) {
            if ( ( (Object[]) object ).length > 0 ) {
                o = ( (Object[]) object )[0];
            }
        } else {
            o = object;
        }
 
		if ( aClass == java.util.Date.class ) {
			return parse(o);
 		} else {
            //to String
            DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
			return sdf.format(object);
		}
	}
 
    public Object convertValue( Map map, Object o, Member member, String s, Object o1, Class aClass ) {
        return this.convertValue(map, o1, aClass);
    }
 
}