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Date-absoluteDay

Language/Type: Java

Write a method named absoluteDay that will be placed in the Date class. The method should return the "absolute day of the year" between 1 and 365 represented by the Date object. January 1 is absolute day #1, January 2 is day #2, ..., and December 31st is absolute day #365. For example, calling this method on a date representing February 13th should return 44, and calling it on a Date representing September 19th should return 263. The table below summarizes the absolute days for various dates throughout the year.

Date (month/day)1/11/21/3...1/301/312/12/2...2/283/13/2...12/3012/31
Absolute day123...30313233...596061...364365

The following table shows the results of calling your method on several Date objects.

Object Call Returns
Date jan1 = new Date(1, 1); jan1.absoluteDay() 1
Date jan4 = new Date(1, 4); jan4.absoluteDay() 4
Date feb1 = new Date(2, 1); feb1.absoluteDay() 32
Date mar10 = new Date(3, 10); mar10.absoluteDay() 69
Date sep19 = new Date(9, 19); sep19.absoluteDay() 262
Date dec31 = new Date(12, 31); dec31.absoluteDay() 365

You should not solve this problem by writing 12 if statements, one for each month; this is redundant and poor style.

Recall that your method is allowed to call other methods on Date objects or construct other objects if you like.

Partial class: Write code that will become part of an existing class as described. You do not need to write the complete class, just the portion described in the exercise.

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