Added a new module & code for creating LocalDate (#8558)

core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-java8-2/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-datetime-java8</artifactId>
+    <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
+    <name>core-java-datetime-java8</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+            <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+            <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-datetime-java8</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
+        <joda-time.version>2.10</joda-time.version>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-java8-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/localdate/LocalDateExample.java

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+package com.baeldung.localdate;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.Month;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+public class LocalDateExample {
+    public LocalDate getCustomDateOne(int year, int month, int dayOfMonth) {
+        return LocalDate.of(year, month, dayOfMonth);
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getCustomDateTwo(int year, Month month, int dayOfMonth) {
+        return LocalDate.of(year, month, dayOfMonth);
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getDateFromEpochDay(long epochDay) {
+        return LocalDate.ofEpochDay(epochDay);
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getDateFromYearAndDayOfYear(int year, int dayOfYear) {
+        return LocalDate.ofYearDay(year, dayOfYear);
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getDateFromString(String date) {
+        return LocalDate.parse(date);
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getDateFromStringAndFormatter(String date, String pattern) {
+        return LocalDate.parse(date, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-java8-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/localdate/LocalDateExampleUnitTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.datebasics;
+package com.baeldung.localdate;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -6,49 +6,34 @@ import java.time.Month;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class CreateDateUnitTest {
+public class LocalDateExampleUnitTest {
-    private CreateDate date = new CreateDate();
+    private LocalDateExample date = new LocalDateExample();
-    
+
-    @Test
-    public void whenUsingNowMethod_thenLocalDate() {
-        assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getTodaysDate());
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void whenUsingClock_thenLocalDate() {
-        assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getTodaysDateFromClock());
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void givenValues_whenUsingZone_thenLocalDate() {
-        assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getTodaysDateFromZone("Asia/Kolkata"));
-    }
-    
     @Test
     public void givenValues_whenUsingOfMethod_thenLocalDate() {
         assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getCustomDateOne(2020, 1, 8));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void givenValuesWithMonthEnum_whenUsingOfMethod_thenLocalDate() {
         assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getCustomDateTwo(2020, Month.JANUARY, 8));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void givenValues_whenUsingEpochDay_thenLocalDate() {
         assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getDateFromEpochDay(18269));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void givenValues_whenUsingYearDay_thenLocalDate() {
         assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getDateFromYearAndDayOfYear(2020, 8));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void givenValues_whenUsingParse_thenLocalDate() {
         assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getDateFromString("2020-01-08"));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void givenValuesWithFormatter_whenUsingParse_thenLocalDate() {
         assertEquals("2020-01-08", date.getDateFromStringAndFormatter("8-Jan-2020", "d-MMM-yyyy"));

core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-java8/src/main/java/com/baeldung/datebasics/CreateDate.java

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.datebasics;
-
-import java.time.Clock;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.time.Month;
-import java.time.ZoneId;
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
-
-public class CreateDate {
-	public LocalDate getTodaysDate() {
-		return LocalDate.now();
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getTodaysDateFromClock() {
-		return LocalDate.now(Clock.systemDefaultZone());
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getTodaysDateFromZone(String zone) {
-		return LocalDate.now(ZoneId.of(zone));
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getCustomDateOne(int year, int month, int dayOfMonth) {
-		return LocalDate.of(year, month, dayOfMonth);
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getCustomDateTwo(int year, Month month, int dayOfMonth) {
-		return LocalDate.of(year, month, dayOfMonth);
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getDateFromEpochDay(long epochDay) {
-		return LocalDate.ofEpochDay(epochDay);
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getDateFromYearAndDayOfYear(int year, int dayOfYear) {
-		return LocalDate.ofYearDay(year, dayOfYear);
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getDateFromString(String date) {
-		return LocalDate.parse(date);
-	}
-
-	public LocalDate getDateFromStringAndFormatter(String date, String pattern) {
-		return LocalDate.parse(date, DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern));
-	}
-}