import java.time.LocalDate;

import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

import java.io.FileWriter;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.Map;

public class DateSerializer {

private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd"; // Define the date format

private static final String FILE_NAME = "dates.txt"; // Define the file name

public static void serializeDates(LocalDate[] dates) {

try (FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(FILE_NAME, true)) { // Open file in append mode

for (LocalDate date : dates) {

String formattedDate = date.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(DATE_FORMAT)); // Format the date

writer.append(formattedDate).append("\n"); // Write to file with newline

}

} catch (IOException e) {

System.err.println("Error writing to file: " + e.getMessage());

//Implement retry logic here if needed. For example:

//retryWriteToFile(writer);

}

}

//Example of retry logic. Can be expanded.

private static void retryWriteToFile(FileWriter writer) throws IOException {

try {

// Attempt to write again

serializeDates(new LocalDate[]{LocalDate.now()}); //Dummy data to retry

return; //If successful, exit retry

} catch (IOException e) {

System.err.println("Retry failed: " + e.getMessage());

// Optionally, add a delay before retrying

try {

Thread.sleep(1000); // Wait for 1 second

} catch (InterruptedException ie) {

Thread.currentThread().interrupt();

}

retryWriteToFile(writer); //Retry the operation

}

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

LocalDate[] dates = {LocalDate.of(2023, 10, 26), LocalDate.of(2023, 11, 15), LocalDate.of(2023, 12, 24)};

serializeDates(dates);

}

}