Does this method from the JDK make sense to anyone?
<p>I came across this method in the JDK</p>

<p>From com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.Version;</p>

<pre><code>  public static int getDevelopmentVersionNum()
  { 
    try {   
        if ((new String("")).length() == 0)
          return 0;
        else  
          return Integer.parseInt("");
    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
           return 0;
    }    
  } 
</code></pre>

<p>Is this doing anything more than <code>return 0</code>? </p>

<p>I feel like I am missing something.  I can only assume this is generated code. ;)</p>
