SpeedDating

Class SpeedDating

java.lang.Object

SpeedDating.SpeedDating

public class SpeedDating
extends java.lang.Object

A class to give students experience using loops. This class creates and manipulates objects of Greg's Date class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpeedDating() Create a SpeedDating object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	auldLangSynch(int theYear) Computes and prints the day of the week on which New Year's Day will fall for 10 consecutive years
Date	getHalfwayDate(Date startDate, Date endDate) Computes and returns the Date that occurs "half way" between two Dates.
Date	pollDancer(int year) Computes and returns the Date on which Election Day will fall in the USA for a given year NOTE: By law, Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SpeedDating

public SpeedDating()

Create a SpeedDating object

Method Detail

auldLangSynch

public void auldLangSynch(int theYear)

Computes and prints the day of the week on which New Year's Day will fall for 10 consecutive years

Parameters:

theYear - the first of the 10 consecutive years

pollDancer

public Date pollDancer(int year)

Computes and returns the Date on which Election Day will fall in the USA for a given year NOTE: By law, Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Parameters:

year - the year for which to compute the date of Election Day

Returns:

the Date of Election Day for the specified year

getHalfwayDate

public Date getHalfwayDate(Date startDate,
                           Date endDate)

Computes and returns the Date that occurs "half way" between two Dates.

Parameters:

startDate - the earlier of the two Dates

endDate - the later of the two Dates

Returns:

the Date midway between startDate and endDate