public Date getDate(final String string) throws ParseException {
    """
	Parses {@code string} and returns a valid Date object.
	For parsing, a {@link SimpleDateFormat} object is used.
	
	@param string the string which represents the date
	@return the date which is represented by {@code string}
	@throws ParseException thrown, if {@code string} can not be parsed.
    """
		return getDateFormat(format, locale).parse(string);
	}
public Date getDate(final String string) throws ParseException {
		return getDateFormat(format, locale).parse(string);
	}
public Date getDate ( final String string ) throws ParseException { return getDateFormat ( format , locale ) . parse ( string ) ; }
Parses {@code string} and returns a valid Date object.
For parsing, a {@link SimpleDateFormat} object is used.

@param string the string which represents the date
@return the date which is represented by {@code string}
@throws ParseException thrown, if {@code string} can not be parsed.
Parses { @code string } and returns a valid Date object . For parsing a { @link SimpleDateFormat } object is used .