Does this method from the JDK make sense to anyone?

I came across this method in the JDK

From com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.Version;

  public static int getDevelopmentVersionNum()
  { 
    try {   
        if ((new String("")).length() == 0)
          return 0;
        else  
          return Integer.parseInt("");
    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
           return 0;
    }    
  } 

Is this doing anything more than return 0?

I feel like I am missing something. I can only assume this is generated code. ;)