Creating and implementing class for creating a calendar object

[kumalh]

Hi, so I have to create and implement a class for creating calendar objects. Some of the behaviours that the class has to do is:

- Print a display for a given month and year
- Print a display for the current month
- Get the current date
- Set the current date
- Roll the calendar date forward or backward by a given number of days or months
- A toString() method.

I also have to provide a selection of constructors with default values for the variables.

Now.. I have absolutely, no f*****g clue of what to do. I don't even know where to start. Please, please, please, could somebody give me a nudge in the right direction of where to start?

Thanks in advance.

[JosAH]

Surprise: it has been done for you; read the API documentation for the Calendar and GregoreanCalendar classes.

kind regards,

Jos

[kumalh]

Thanks for the reply JosAH. However, that doesn't really help. I know it's all there already, but I'm required to write out my own class myself.

[Tolls]

First list the data the calendar class needs to hold.
Those are your attributes.
Provide a constructor that takes values to populate those attributes.

That list above is the list of methods it needs to provide.

Start with that. Then pick one of the methods above and try and code it.

[kumalh]

Ok. so for my attributes, so far I know that I need an attribute for the current date, and an attribute for the 'first year'.

The constructors are what's confusing me the most to be honest. I don't understand how to actually create the calendar object.

[JosAH]

Do they want you to reinvent the wheel and implement your own Calendar class? If so, google for 'Zeller's congruence'; it has all the date functionality you'll need.

kind regards,

Jos

[kumalh]

Haha yeh, pretty much. But it's just to test our understanding of creating classes and objects and whatnot. But that doesn't mean I can't use methods from the Calendar and GregorianCalendar classes.

Regarding zeller's congruence, I am already quite familiar with it. But all that gives me is the first day of the month, and although that will help me down the track, I'm still quite far away from using it.

[JosAH]

Regarding zeller's congruence, I am already quite familiar with it. But all that gives me is the first day of the month, and although that will help me down the track, I'm still quite far away from using it.

You haven't read close enough: Zeller's congruence gives you the Julan day number given a Gregorean date. The difference of two Julian day number is the difference in days between those two dates; that's all you need.

kind regards,

Jo

[kumalh]

JosAH - Sorry, for the misunderstanding.. But still, my understanding of zeller's congruence doesn't matter at this point. Right now, I'm having trouble with starting off. E.g - what do I write for the various constructors of my calendar class, and how to write the different behaviours I outlined in the original post.

[Norm]

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