[Oracle ADF] RichInputDate To Java SQL Date

public static java.sql.Date RichInputDateToJavaSQLDate(RichInputDate rich_input_date){
    try{
        java.util.Date java_util_date = (java.util.Date)rich_input_date.getValue();
        java.sql.Date result = new java.sql.Date(java_util_date.getTime());
        return result;

    }catch(Exception ex){
        System.out.println("*** Exception || RichInputDateToJavaSQLDate || " + ex.toString());
        java.util.Date java_util_date = new Date();
        return new java.sql.Date(java_util_date.getTime());
    }
}

ADFDatesUtils.RichInputDateToJavaSQLDate(date1);