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Hello, Im trying for hours and Im having trouble understanding why my code is not working. I added a private instance variable called birthDate that uses a class called Date(3 private int var. for day, month, year). I adjusted the constructor to have 3 more integer arguments to add in the Date. I would like to return the birth month of a person when i run it. This is what I have...any help is very much appreciated.
public abstract class Employee {
   private String firstName;
   private String lastName;
   private String socialSecurityNumber;
   private Date birthDate;     //private instance variable birthDate(class Date)
   // constructor
   public Employee( String first, String last, String ssn, int bMonth, int bDay, int bYear)
      firstName = first;
      lastName = last;
      socialSecurityNumber = ssn;
          birthDate.day = bDay;
       birthDate.month = bMonth;
       birthDate.year = bYear;
// public method getBirthMonth() - return the birth month of person.
   public int getBirthMonth()
     return bMonth;
   }As well, i would like to add a method that will check the persons month against the calender month and return either 0 or 100 to get a bonus.
This is what i tried but not sure if it is correct...
// method to calculate bonus
     public double bonus(int month)
          Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();               // declare local system date
          int thisMonth = now.get(Calendar.MONTH);          // get this month, 0 for January
          System.out.print("This month is: " + thisMonth);      // print this month
          g.drawString("This month is: " + thisMonth, 25, 25); // print this month as used in applets
          if ( thisMonth == month)    // validate the month
          {  return 100;  }
          else { return 0; }
     }Can anyone help me solve this...Thank you and have a good day. :)

Answer 1

this is my date class:
public class Date {
   private int month;  // 1-12
   private int day;    // 1-31 based on month
   private int year;   // any year
   // 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.println( "Date object constructor for date " +
         toDateString() );
   } // 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
         System.out.println( "Invalid month (" + testMonth +
            ") set to 1." );
         return 1;  // maintain object in consistent state
   } // end method checkMonth
   // utility method to confirm proper day value based on month and year
   private int checkDay( int testDay )
      int daysPerMonth[] =
         { 0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
      // 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;
      System.out.println( "Invalid day (" + testDay + ") set to 1." );
      return 1;  // maintain object in consistent state
   } // end method checkDay
   // return a String of the form month/day/year
   public String toDateString()
      return month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
} // end class Date