JAVA EE: How to use parse and of methods of Year Class

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YearDemo1.java

import java.time.Year;

public class YearDemo1

{

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        /*

         * Parameters:

         * 

         * text - the text to parse such as "2007", not null

         * 

         * Returns:

         * 

         * the parsed year, not null

         */

        Year year = Year.parse("2017");

        System.out.println(year);

    }

}

Output

2017

YearDemo2.java

import java.time.Year;

import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class YearDemo2

{

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        DateTimeFormatter dateTimeFormatter =  DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy");

        /*

         * Parameters:

         * 

         * text - the text to parse, not null

         * formatter - the formatter to use, not null

         * 

         * Returns:

         * 

         * the parsed year, not null

         */

        Year year = Year.parse("2017",dateTimeFormatter);

        System.out.println(year);

    }

}

Output

2017

YearDemo3.java

import java.time.Year;

public class YearDemo3

{

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        /*

         * Parameters:

         * 

         * isoYear - the ISO proleptic year to represent, from MIN_VALUE to MAX_VALUE

         * 

         * Returns:

         * 

         * the year, not null

         */

        Year year =  Year.of(2017);

        System.out.println(year);

    }

}