Consider the partial Date class below which represents a day of the year. What type of method is getMonth?
A)mutator
B)constructor
C)accessor
D)immutable

Question

Consider the partial Date class below which represents a day of the year.  What type of method is getMonth? 
A)mutator 
B)constructor 
C)accessor 
D)immutable

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The getMonth method in the Date class is an accessor method, as it simply returns the value of the private instance variable for the Month. It does not modify or change the state of the object, nor does it create a new object. Therefore, it is not a mutator or constructor method, and it is not an immutable method which would return a new object with a different state.

Consider the Partial Date Class Below Which Represents a Day