Simple conversion between java.util.Date and XMLGregorianCalendar

I'm looking for a simple method of converting between java.util.Date and javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar in both directions.

Here is the code that I'm using now:

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory;
import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;

/**
 * Utility class for converting between XMLGregorianCalendar and java.util.Date
 */
public class XMLGregorianCalendarConverter {  

    /**
     * Needed to create XMLGregorianCalendar instances
     */
    private static DatatypeFactory df = null;
    static {
        try {
            df = DatatypeFactory.newInstance();
        } catch (DatatypeConfigurationException dce) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                "Exception while obtaining DatatypeFactory instance", dce);
        }
    }  

    /**
     * Converts a java.util.Date into an instance of XMLGregorianCalendar
     *
     * @param date Instance of java.util.Date or a null reference
     * @return XMLGregorianCalendar instance whose value is based upon the
     *  value in the date parameter. If the date parameter is null then
     *  this method will simply return null.
     */
    public static XMLGregorianCalendar asXMLGregorianCalendar(java.util.Date date) {
        if (date == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();
            gc.setTimeInMillis(date.getTime());
            return df.newXMLGregorianCalendar(gc);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Converts an XMLGregorianCalendar to an instance of java.util.Date
     *
     * @param xgc Instance of XMLGregorianCalendar or a null reference
     * @return java.util.Date instance whose value is based upon the
     *  value in the xgc parameter. If the xgc parameter is null then
     *  this method will simply return null.
     */
    public static java.util.Date asDa