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Display 4.13
A Class with Constructors
(part 5 of 5)
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else
158 System.out.println("Illegal date. Reenter input.");
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}
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}
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private boolean
dateOK(
int
monthInt,
int
dayInt,
int
yearInt)
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{
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return
( (monthInt >= 1) && (monthInt <= 12) &&
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(dayInt >= 1) && (dayInt <= 31) &&
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(yearInt >= 1000) && (yearInt <= 9999) );
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}
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private boolean
dateOK(String monthString,
int
dayInt,
int
yearInt)
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{
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return
( monthOK(monthString) &&
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(dayInt >= 1) && (dayInt <= 31) &&
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(yearInt >= 1000) && (yearInt <= 9999) );
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}
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private boolean
monthOK(String month)
174 {
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return
(month.equals("January") || month.equals("February") ||
176 month.equals("March") || month.equals("April") ||
177 month.equals("May") || month.equals("June") ||
178 month.equals("July") || month.equals("August") ||
179 month.equals("September") ||
month.equals("October") ||
180 month.equals("November") ||
month.equals("December") );
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}
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private
String monthString(int monthNumber)
183 {
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switch
(monthNumber)
185 {
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case
1:
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return
"January";
. . .
<The omitted cases are obvious, but if need be, you can see all the cases in Display 4.9.>
. . .
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The private methods need not be
last, but that's as good a place
as any.
default
:
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System.out.println("Fatal Error");
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System.exit(0);
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return
"Error"; //
to keep the compiler happy
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}
193
}
194 }
