How to format LocalDate object to MM/dd/yyyy and have format persist

Question

I am reading text and storing the dates as LocalDate variables.

Is there any way for me to preserve the formatting from DateTimeFormatter so that when I call the Lo

Answer 1

No, you cannot have a format persist, because you cannot override toString of LocalDate (constructor of LocalDate is private, it is imposible extends) and there are not a method to change the format in LocalDate persistently.

Maybe, you could create a new class and use an static method to change the format, but you have always to use MyLocalDate.myToString(localDate) instead localDate.toString() when you want other format.

 public class MyLocalDate {
    
    public static String myToString(LocalDate localDate){
        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy");
        return localDate.format(formatter);
    }   
}

When you invoke you have to use this way

FechaInicioTextField.setText(MyLocalDate.myToString(fechaFacturaInicial));

instead of

FechaInicioTextField.setText(fechaFacturaInicial.toString());