Versions of DateConverter,java are in three (3) packages: jempbox.impl, pdfbox.util, and xmpbox. They have diverged as updates have been made to one or the other.
Date Converter is used in these modules: jempbox.xmp.ResourceEvent.java jempbox.xmp.XMPSchema.java pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary.java pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFAnnotation.java preflight.metadata.SynchronizedMetaDataValidation.java xmpbox.type.DateType.java The smallest library is xmpbox, so let's consider it as a home for DateConverter. Preflight already imports xmpbox. Pdfbox requires jempbox, so importing xmpbox into jempbox will satisfy both. Since xmpbox defines some xmp features, it seems likely that jempbox could take further advantage of xmpbox. Conclusion and recommendation: have a single copy of DateConverter in xmpbox. Tasks to implement the switchover: update xmpbox/DateConverter change imports in two pdfbox modules that use DateConverter change imports in two jempbox modules that use DateConverter add xmpbox to the requirements for jempbox remove DateConverter from jempbox.impl and pdfbox.util At the same time, the six client modules can be updated to eliminate the IOExceptions and NullPointerExceptions that have emanated from the current DateConverter. Fred Hansen
