/**
* Helper method to set the end date while parsing a date.
*
* @param firstDate The start date. Used as a basis for interpreting relative end dates such as
* 1934/35.
* @param endDate The string based representation of a date (number only).
* @param separator The separator used to split date parts. This may indicate the certainty of the
* trailing date as distinct from the entire date, as in 1935 or possibly 36.
* @param date The <tt>HistoricalDate</tt> object to be updated.
*/
private void setEndDate(String firstDate, String endDate, String separator, HistoricalDate date) {
if (endDate == null) {
date.setEndDate(date.getStartDate());
return;
}
// for dates like 1325/26, adjust the second to be a full four-year date
if (firstDate.length() > endDate.length()) {
int offset = firstDate.length() - endDate.length();
endDate = firstDate.substring(0, offset) + endDate;
}
date.setEndDate(date.getStartDate());
if (separator != null && (separator.indexOf("possibly") > 0)) {
date.setEndCertainty(Certainty.POSSIBLE);
}
}
