// Fig. 8.7: Date.java
// Date class declaration.
public class Date
{
private int month; // 1-12
private int day; // 1-31 based on month
private int year; // any year
private static final int[] daysPerMonth = // days in each month
{ 0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
// constructor: call checkMonth to confirm proper value for month;
// call checkDay to confirm proper value for day
public Date( int theMonth, int theDay, int theYear )
{
month = checkMonth( theMonth ); // validate month
year = theYear; // could validate year
day = checkDay( theDay ); // validate day
System.out.printf(
"Date object constructor for date %s\\n", this );
} // end Date constructor
// utility method to confirm proper month value
private int checkMonth( int testMonth )
{
if ( testMonth > 0 && testMonth <= 12 ) // validate month
return testMonth;
else // month is invalid
throw new IllegalArgumentException( "month must be 1-12" );
// end method checkMonth
}
// utility method to confirm proper day value based on month and year
private int checkDay( int testDay )
{
// check if day in range for month
if ( testDay > 0 && testDay <= daysPerMonth[ month ] )
return testDay;
// check for leap year
if ( month == 2 && testDay == 29 && ( year % 400 == 0 ||
( year % 4 == 0 && year % 100 != 0 ) ) )
return testDay;
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"day out-of-range for the specified month and year" );
} // end method checkDay
// return a String of the form month/day/year
public String toString()
{
return String.format( "%d/%d/%d", month, day, year );
} // end method toString
} // end class Date