Task.java

/**
 * This is the Task Class
 * @author Jonathan Harris
 * May 28, 2015
 */
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;



public class Task {

  public Date date;
  public String description;

  /**
  * Creates a new task with the given dueDate and description.
  * dueDate must be in the format mm-dd-yyyy (e.g., 07-01-2014 for 1 July 2014); it's
  * okay if this method crashes if the date format is incorrect.
  */
  public Task(String dueDate, String description) {
    DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
    try {
      date = format.parse(dueDate);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
      System.err.println("Invalid Date");
    }
    this.description = description;
  }

  /**
  * Gets the description of this task.
  */
  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }

  /**
  * Gets the due date for this task.
  */
  public Date getDueDate() {
    return date;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Task testTask = new Task("05-23-15", "Making test task");
    System.out.println("The task " + testTask.getDescription() + " was made on " +
    testTask.getDueDate());
  }
}