SimpleDateFormat は複数の形式の日付を効率的に解析するにはどうすればよいですか?

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

public class DateParser {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<String> formatStrings = Arrays.asList("M/y", "M/d/y", "M-d-y");
        String[] dates = {"9/09", "9/2009", "09/2009", "9/1/2009", "9-1-2009"};

        for (String dateString : dates) {
            Date parsedDate = tryParse(dateString, formatStrings);
            if (parsedDate != null) {
                System.out.println("Parsed date: " + parsedDate);
            } else {
                System.out.println("Unable to parse date: " + dateString);
            }
        }
    }

    public static Date tryParse(String dateString, List<String> formatStrings) {
        for (String formatString : formatStrings) {
            try {
                return new SimpleDateFormat(formatString).parse(dateString);
            } catch (ParseException e) {
                // Do nothing and continue to the next format
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}