I had a couple questions on
org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.convert.DateTimeConverter._doLenientParse().
This method creates a set of patterns to match against the user provided
input string. Of course, we start with the format associated with the
current locale. But to make our converter more friendly, we also try
with 3 other patterns for convenience (TRINIDAD-859).
(a) The patterns variable is of type HashSet. Set (and its
implementation HashSet) do not provide any guarantee of iteration. Do we
not care about the order in which we try to make matches? Note that in
the client validation code, we use an array which imposes an order.
(b) Also, the 3 static strings do not take into consideration the
locale. So for e.g. no matter if the locale is en_us (USA) or en
(Europe) the first static pattern is MM dd yy. This seems confusing.
Any feedback would be useful.
Thanks
Anita
