public java.util.Date METHOD_1 ( ) { java.util.Collections.sort ( VAR_1 , this ) ; return VAR_1 . get ( 0 ) . METHOD_2 ( ) ; } 

public java.util.Date METHOD_1 ( ) { if ( ( VAR_1 . size ( ) ) <= 0 ) return new java.util.Date ( 0 ) ; java.util.Collections.sort ( VAR_1 , this ) ; return VAR_1 . get ( 0 ) . METHOD_2 ( ) ; } 
