public synchronized T read(String text) throws Exception {
  Date date=DateType.getDate(text);
  Long time=date.getTime();
  return factory.getInstance(time);
}

public synchronized T read ( String text ) throws Exception { Date date = DateType . getDate ( text ) ; Long time = date . getTime ( ) ; return factory . getInstance ( time ) ; }
this method is used to convert the string value given to an appropriate representation . this is used when an object is being deserialized from the xml document and the value for the string representation is required .
