protected static SyncToken createSyncToken(String dateString,@Nullable String uuid){
  try {
    return new SyncToken(DB_DATE_FORMAT.parse(dateString),uuid);
  }
 catch (  ParseException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
  }
}

protected static SyncToken createSyncToken ( String dateString , @ Nullable String uuid ) { try { return new SyncToken ( DB_DATE_FORMAT . parse ( dateString ) , uuid ) ; } catch ( ParseException e ) { throw new RuntimeException ( e ) ; } }
creates a sync token , and converts any thrown exceptions to runtimeexceptions so it can be used for static fields .
