BAEL-3045 Validate Date

Check if a string contains valid date

java-dates-2/DaveValidatorUsingLocalDate.java

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+package com.baeldung.date.validation;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+
+public class DaveValidatorUsingLocalDate implements DateValidator {
+    private DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter;
+    
+    public DaveValidatorUsingLocalDate(DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter) {
+        super();
+        this.dateFormatter = dateFormatter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean validate(String dateStr) {
+        try {
+            LocalDate.parse(dateStr, this.dateFormatter);
+        } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}