private Date parseDate()

in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/changelog/ChangeLogReport.java [887:905]

• 17 lines of code
• 4 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private Date parseDate( String date )
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
        if ( date == null || date.trim().length() == 0 )
        {
            return null;
        }

        SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd" );

        try
        {
            return formatter.parse( date );
        }
        catch ( ParseException e )
        {
            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Please use this date pattern: " + formatter.toLocalizedPattern(), e );
        }
    }