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I am trying to find out someones age. I am following the answer given in here: How do I calculate someone's age in Java?

This is what I have so far:

public void setDOB(String day, String month, String year){

    LocalDate birthDate = new LocalDate(Integer.parseInt(year), Integer.parseInt(month), Integer.parseInt(day));
}

I am getting a an error when declaring the birthDate variable. I am getting the following error:

LocalDate(int,int,int) has private access in LocalDate

. I don't know what this error means but I am assuming its to do with data access (e.g. private, public, etc)

Romil Patel
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Tarikh Chouhan
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  • Your question is "I don't know what this error means but I am assuming its to do with data access (e.g. private, public etc)". I'm linking you to a post that explain in-depth the difference between those. Basically, you can't access a private constructor like that. – Tunaki Feb 12 '16 at 14:08
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    What puzzles me is: why is mi IDE showing me private constructors as method suggestions? – houcros Nov 25 '16 at 08:43

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The constructor you are calling is private.

You need to call 

LocalDate birthDate = LocalDate.of(Integer.parseInt(year), Integer.parseInt(month), Integer.parseInt(day));

to construct your date.

wero
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    `LocalDate.of` also accepts `int`, so it might feel more convenient to do `LocalDate birthDate = LocalDate.of(year, month, dayOfMonth)`. – houcros Nov 25 '16 at 08:42