LocalDate has private access in LocalDate [duplicate]

Question

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)

Answer 1

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.