FieldSet.readDate is lenient

[gonzalad]

Hello,

I've just used fieldSet#readDate methods.
If I use pattern='yyyyMMdd' and read the value '4010822' everything is ok, even if there's only 3 digits for the year.

Following code :

DefaultFieldSet lFieldSet = new DefaultFieldSet(new String[] {"4010822"});
System.out.println(lFieldSet.readDate(0,"yyyyMMdd"));

Outputs :

Sun Oct 02 00:00:00 CEST 4016

I've just decorated the default FieldSet with my own and added a readStrict method which uses SimpleDateFormat with setLenient (false).

Shouldn't it be better for everyone to add the non lenient version in Spring Batch (or at least a boolean / sthing like that) ?

Here's the code if someone needs it (not very much actually)

[Dave Syer]

See http://jira.springframework.org/browse/BATCH-555. I think the correct setting is lenient=false with no option (at least for now).