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Foil 18 Using a Class

From Java Tutorial 98- 2: Java Language and Object Oriented Techniques NAVO Tutorial -- Sept 23 1998. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Nancy McCracken


This declares object today to have type class
  • Date today
  • Date() is Constructor of Date class which constructs an instance of Date class and sets default value to be the current date
  • new Date()
An example application using a method of the Date class:
  • import java.util.Date;
  • class DateApplication
  • { public static void main ()
  • { Date today = new Date();
  • Date medieval = new Date(1400, 12, 25);
  • if (today.after (medieval))
  • System.out.println( "Today is not medieval!");
  • }}



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