Validating Dates
Learn how to validate date values in the past and in a specific format.
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In this lesson, we will show how to validate a date field. Say, we want to store the date when the player won the last title. We will add a field lastWon to the Athlete class. This value must be in the past and must follow a specific pattern (dd-mm-yyyy). Any date value violating these constraints should result in a validation error.
We will create a Date field lastWon and generate getter and setter methods.
public class Athlete {//...private Date lastWon;//...public Date getLastWon() {return lastWon;}public void setLastWon(Date lastWon) {this.lastWon = lastWon;}}
Adding the lastWon field to Athlete class
We will use @Past and ...
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