protected static boolean isValidDate()

in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/changes/ChangesCheckMojo.java [140:191]

42 lines of code
8 McCabe index (conditional complexity)


    protected static boolean isValidDate( String string, String pattern, String locale )
    {
        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( string ) )
        {
            return false;
        }

        if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( pattern ) )
        {
            return false;
        }

        try
        {
            Locale usedLocale = null;

            if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( locale ) )
            {
                // No locale specified, use the default locale as default value
                // The same behavior as before the locale parameter was added
                usedLocale = Locale.getDefault();
            }
            else
            {
                // Try to find the specified locale on this system
                Locale[] locales = Locale.getAvailableLocales();
                for ( Locale value : locales )
                {
                    if ( value.toString().equals( locale ) )
                    {
                        usedLocale = value;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if ( usedLocale == null )
                {
                    // The use specified locale was not found on this system,
                    // use the default locale as default value
                    usedLocale = Locale.getDefault();
                }
            }

            SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat( pattern, usedLocale );
            df.parse( string );
            return true;
        }
        catch ( ParseException e )
        {
            return false;
        }
    }