Null-safe comparison methods for finding most recent / least recent dates. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: LANG-291 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-291 Project: Commons Lang Issue Type: Improvement Environment: N/A Reporter: David J. M. Karlsen /** * <p> * Null-safe date comparison. * Returnes the most recent date if date1 and date2 is non-null. * If one of the dates are null, the non-null will be returned. * If both are null, null will be returned. * </p> * @param date1 * @param date2 * @return */ public static Date mostRecent( Date date1, Date date2 ) /** * <p> * Null-safe date comparison. * Returnes the least recent (oldest) date if date1 and date2 is non-null. * If one of the dates are null, the non-null will be returned. * If both are null, null will be returned. * </p> * @param date1 * @param date2 * @return */ public static Date leastRecent( Date date1, Date date2 ) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]