2 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java
index ee422a76070..f4c0a40d3f4 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/Request.java
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ package org.sonar.api.server.ws;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.DateUtils;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ public abstract class Request {
     return values;
   }
 
+  @CheckForNull
   public List<String> paramAsStrings(String key) {
     String value = param(key);
     if (value == null) {
@@ -182,9 +185,16 @@ public abstract class Request {
     return result;
   }
 
-//  @CheckForNull
-//  public Date paramAsDate(String key) {
-//    String s = param(key);
-//    return s == null ? null : Long.parseLong(s);
-//  }
+  @CheckForNull
+  public Date paramAsDate(String key) {
+    String s = param(key);
+    if (s != null) {
+      Date date = DateUtils.parseDateTimeQuietly(s);
+      if (date != null) {
+        return date;
+      }
+      return DateUtils.parseDate(s);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java
index 9d2926460f6..a4b34acd653 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/server/ws/RequestTest.java
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.sonar.api.rule.RuleStatus;
 import org.sonar.api.server.ws.internal.ValidatingRequest;
+import org.sonar.api.utils.DateUtils;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ public class RequestTest {
       action.createParam("a_boolean");
       action.createParam("a_number");
       action.createParam("a_enum");
+      action.createParam("a_date");
 
       action.createParam("a_required_string").setRequired(true);
       action.createParam("a_required_boolean").setRequired(true);
@@ -178,6 +181,12 @@ public class RequestTest {
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void param_as_date() throws Exception {
+    assertThat(request.setParam("a_date", "2014-05-27").paramAsDate("a_date")).isEqualTo(DateUtils.parseDate("2014-05-27"));
+    assertThat(request.setParam("a_date", "2014-05-27T15:50:45+0100").paramAsDate("a_date")).isEqualTo(DateUtils.parseDateTime("2014-05-27T15:50:45+0100"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void param_as_strings() throws Exception {
     assertThat(request.paramAsStrings("a_string")).isNull();
     assertThat(request.setParam("a_string", "").paramAsStrings("a_string")).isEmpty();