java - Calling a print method from another class with primitive data types in it -

java - Calling a print method from another class with primitive data types in it -

i have been programming in java using bluej 2 months , need help assignment. making basic vehicle purchase info entry program. need phone call printpurchasedate() method purchasedate class. problem faced print statement has 3 int values: year, month, , day. when seek phone call method in vehicle class in printdetails() method, tells me need return, if take away void have label method string. doesn't work because holds 3 int variables within conflict string method. how can go doing this? want print of info including purchasedate. apologies in advance if did not nowadays question properly, first post. give thanks help.

i have 2 classes: purchase date , vehicle.

my vehicle class has method, designed print out information:

public void printdetails() { system.out.println("customer:" + " " + customer.getfullname()); system.out.println("vehicle description:" + " " + getvehiclepurchased()); purchasedate.printpurchasedate(); }

im having issues printing date purchasedate class in vehicle class's "printdetails()" method.

/** * purchase info class */ public class purchasedate { private int year; private int month; private int day; private static final int current_year = 2014; private static final int last_month = 12; private static final int last_day = 31; /** * default constructor */ public purchasedate() { } /** * @param year initialize theyear field * @param month initialize themonth field * @param day initialize theday field */ public purchasedate(int theyear, int themonth, int theday) { setyear(theyear); setmonth(themonth); setday(theday); if (year < 1900 || year > 2014) { system.out.println("the year value can no greater current year"); } else { this.year = year; } if (month < 1 || month > 12) { system.out.println("the month value must between 1 , 12"); } else { this.month = month; } if (day < 1 || day > 31) { system.out.println("the day value must between 1 , 31"); } else { this.day = day; } } //mutators , accessors /** * @return year */ public int getyear() { homecoming year; } /** * @return month */ public int getmonth() { homecoming month; } /** * @return day */ public int getday() { homecoming day; } /** * @param year */ public final void setyear(int newyear) { year = newyear; } /** * @param month */ public final void setmonth(int newmonth) { month = newmonth; } /** * @param day */ public final void setday(int newday) { day = newday; } /** * prints purchase date */ public void printpurchasedate() { system.out.println("the purchase date is:" + " " + year + "-" + month + "-" + day); } }

i want system.out.println print out date have in purchasedate class.

public void printdetails() { system.out.println("customer:" + " " + customer.getfullname()); system.out.println("vehicle description:" + " " + getvehiclepurchased()); purchasedate.printpurchasedate(); }

the basic problem in code calling printpurchasedate() in static way non static method. have create refrence of purchasedate class , calll method refrence

purchasedate pd = new purchasedate(); public void printdetails() { system.out.println("customer:" + " " + customer.getfullname()); system.out.println("vehicle description:" + " " + getvehiclepurchased()); pd.printpurchasedate(); }

other thing can declair method static.

public static void printpurchasedate(){ // code here }

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