Use of deprecated Date constructor in JTable

Name: ks88420 Date: 08/24/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)


The Date(String) Constructor is deprecated from JDK1.1.

However, this constructor is implicitly used by the DefaultCellEditor class to
create a new Date object from the contents of a JTable or JTree cell, when a
Date object has been assigned to the cell.

This is a problem because there are numerous problems with internationalisation
concerning the Date(String) constructor (for example, the short date is always
interpreted as US format) - and hence its deprecation.

Consequently, dates entered as free text in a JTable cell are not interpreted
correctly in an international setting. For example, "23/12/00" is interpreted
as 12 November 2001 although in the UK, a dd/MM/yy format is standard.

Is it necessary to construct a specific DateCellEditor-type object that contains
multiple DateFormat objects to handle the many different ways users would enter
dates as free text?
(Review ID: 108257)
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