Consider the partial Date class below which represents a day of the year. public class Date { Private int month; // A value between 1 and 12 Private int day; // A value between 1 and the last day // of the month Public int getMonth() { return month; } Public void setMonth(int newMonth) { If (newMonth = 1 && newMonth

Question

Consider the partial Date class below which represents a day of the year. public class Date
{
Private int month; // A value between 1 and 12
Private int day; // A value between 1 and the last day
// of the month
Public int getMonth() { return month; }
Public void setMonth(int newMonth)
{
If (newMonth >= 1 && newMonth <= 12) { month = newMonth; }
}
Public int getDay() { return day; }
Private int lastDayOfMonth()
{
Switch (month)
{
Case 9: case 4: case 6: case 11:
Return 30;
Case 2: return 28;
Default: return 31;
}
}
}
What type of method is getMonth?
A) mutator
B) constructor
C) accessor

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The getMonth method is an accessor method because it retrieves or accesses the value of the private instance variable 'month' without modifying it.

Consider the Partial Date Class Below Which Represents a Day