What's the best way to check if a String represents an integer in Java?

Question

I normally use the following idiom to check if a String can be converted to an integer.

public boolean isInteger( String input ) {
    try {
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Answer 1

This is a modification of Jonas' code that checks if the string is within range to be cast into an integer.

public static boolean isInteger(String str) {
    if (str == null) {
        return false;
    }
    int length = str.length();
    int i = 0;

    // set the length and value for highest positive int or lowest negative int
    int maxlength = 10;
    String maxnum = String.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    if (str.charAt(0) == '-') { 
        maxlength = 11;
        i = 1;
        maxnum = String.valueOf(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
    }  

    // verify digit length does not exceed int range
    if (length > maxlength) { 
        return false; 
    }

    // verify that all characters are numbers
    if (maxlength == 11 && length == 1) {
        return false;
    }
    for (int num = i; num < length; num++) {
        char c = str.charAt(num);
        if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
            return false;
        }
    }

    // verify that number value is within int range
    if (length == maxlength) {
        for (; i < length; i++) {
            if (str.charAt(i) < maxnum.charAt(i)) {
                return true;
            }
            else if (str.charAt(i) > maxnum.charAt(i)) {
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
    return true;
}