after object has been created, how can you access / change the private fields
// Fig. 8.7: Time3.java
// Time3 class declaration with set and get methods.
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
public class Time3 {
private int hour; // 0 - 23
private int minute; // 0 - 59
private int second; // 0 - 59
// Time3 constructor initializes each instance variable to zero;
// ensures that Time object starts in a consistent state
public Time3()
{
this( 0, 0, 0 ); // invoke Time3 constructor with three arguments
}
// Time3 constructor: hour supplied, minute and second defaulted to 0
public Time3( int h )
{
this( h, 0, 0 ); // invoke Time3 constructor with three arguments
}
// Time3 constructor: hour and minute supplied, second defaulted to 0
public Time3( int h, int m )
{
this( h, m, 0 ); // invoke Time3 constructor with three arguments
}
// Time3 constructor: hour, minute and second supplied
public Time3( int h, int m, int s )
{
setTime( h, m, s );
}
// Time3 constructor: another Time3 object supplied
public Time3( Time3 time )
{
// invoke Time3 constructor with three arguments
this( time.getHour(), time.getMinute(), time.getSecond() );
}
// Set Methods
// set a new time value using universal time; perform
// validity checks on data; set invalid values to zero
public void setTime( int h, int m, int s )
{
setHour( h ); // set the hour
setMinute( m ); // set the minute
setSecond( s ); // set the second
}
// validate and set hour
public void setHour( int h )
{
hour = ( ( h >= 0 && h < 24 ) ? h : 0 );
}
// validate and set minute
public void setMinute( int m )
{
minute = ( ( m >= 0 && m < 60 ) ? m : 0 );
}
// validate and set second
public void setSecond( int s )
{
second = ( ( s >= 0 && s < 60 ) ? s : 0 );
}
// Get Methods
// get hour value
public int getHour()
{
return hour;
}
// get minute value
public int getMinute()
{
return minute;
}
// get second value
public int getSecond()
{
return second;
}
// convert to String in universal-time format
public String toUniversalString()
{
DecimalFormat twoDigits = new DecimalFormat( "00" );
return twoDigits.format( getHour() ) + ":" +
twoDigits.format( getMinute() ) + ":" +
twoDigits.format( getSecond() );
}
// convert to String in standard-time format
public String toStandardString()
{
DecimalFormat twoDigits = new DecimalFormat( "00" );
return ( ( getHour() == 12 || getHour() == 0 ) ?
12 : getHour() % 12 ) + ":" + twoDigits.format( getMinute() ) +
":" + twoDigits.format( getSecond() ) +
( getHour() < 12 ? " AM" : " PM" );
}
} // end class Time3