Sybex Java OCA/OCP Practice test 8 ch10 question 76 mistake

[Vlad Alin]

import java.time.*;
public class OnePlusOne {
   public static void main(String... nums) {
       LocalDate time = LocalDate.of(1, 11);
       while (time.getHour() < 1) {
           time.plusHours(1);
           System.out.println("in loop");
       }
   }
}

76. E. The LocalDate class is only for day/month/year values. It does not support time, so getHour and plusHours() do not compile, making Option E the answer.

It does not explain the fact that LocalDate.of(1, 11); does not compile because it should be LocalDate.of(1,11,1); It needs 3 arguments(int,int,int).Compile error if it has less than 3.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Confirmed and added to the errata. While this was not in the Java 11 book, we may use it for Java 17. (Dates are back in scope.)

Hopefully the editing process would have caught it this go round. But even better that you caught it first. Have two cows!