calling String method from different class to main class

Question

I have 3 classes; Date class, profile class and main class. I want to call a getDateString method from Date class and bypass profile class and read a scanner input file as date of birth (format example: 3 October 2019) in main class. How can I do that? Below is my code;
class Date
{
    //Declare instant variables
    private int day;
    private String month;
    private int year;
    
    //constructor
    public Date (int day, String month, int year)
    {
        this.day = day;
        this.month = month;
        this.year = year;
    }
    
    // get-set methods here
    public String getDateString()
    {
        String dob = String.valueOf(day) + month + String.valueOf(year);
        return dob;
    }

}

[This is my profile class]
class Profile {   private Date dob;
   private string name;

//constructor
   public HealthProfile (Date dob, String name) 
                            
   {
       this.name = name;
       this.dob = dob;
   }
   
   // get-set methods here
   
    public void printProfile()
    {
        System.out.printf ("Name: %s%n", name );
        System.out.printf ("Date of birth: %s%n", dob);
    }           
          }

[This is my main class. How can I read txt file input name and dob (3 October 2019) using the getDateString method from Date class.]
class Healthprofile { public static void main (String [] args) throws IOException
{
    Scanner input = new Scanner (new File ("info.txt"));
    // Declare variables
    String name;
    Date dob;
    
    Date dob1 = new Date (day, month, year);
    name = input.nextLine ();
    dob = //How can I call it here
    
    Profile h1 = new Profile (name, dob);
    h1.printProfile();
    
}

}
[This is data in my txt file. Other data are all working but I am having trouble reading for 8 October 2000 line because I want to read it as all 3 data types as one]
Jonathan
8 OCtober 2000

garima garg · Answer

I could see there are few errors in your code:

Profile class includes only Profile constructor, not HealthProfile.

 public class Test3{
 public static void main(String[] args){
  Map<String,MyDate> map=new HashMap<>();
 try( Scanner input = new Scanner(new File("info.txt"))){
 int count=0;String name="";

 while(input.hasNextLine()) {
            String dateF = "";
            if (count == 0) {
                name = input.nextLine();
                count++;
            }
            if (count == 1) {
                dateF = input.nextLine();
            }
            count = 0;
 LocalDate random = getDate(dateF);
 int dat = random.getDayOfMonth();
 String month = String.valueOf(random.getMonth().ordinal());
 int year = random.getYear();
 // Set MyDate class object for DOB
 MyDate myD = new MyDate(dat, month, year);
 //map.put(name, myD);
 // Call profile methods
 Profile h1 = new Profile(myD, name);
 h1.printProfile();
 }
  }
 } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }
 }

// This method will return the formatted LocalDate instance for String Date fetched from File

    private static LocalDate getDate(String dateF){
        LocalDate random=null;
    DateTimeFormatter df =new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().appendOptional(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd MMMM yyyy")).appendOptional(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(("d MMMM yyyy"))).toFormatter();
    //DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d MMMM yyyy");
    return LocalDate.parse(dateF, df);
    }
    }

MyDate class will display the date value:

 class MyDate{ //Declare instant variables
  private int day;
 private String month;
 private int year;
     //constructor
     public MyDate (int day, String month, int year){
 this.day = day;
 this.month = month;
 this.year = year;
     }
// get-set methods here
 public String getDateString()
 {
 String dob = String.valueOf(day) +"/"+ month +"/"+ String.valueOf(year);
 return dob;
 }
 }

class Profile {
    private MyDate dob;
    private String name;
        //constructor
    public Profile (MyDate dob, String name)
        {
    this.name = name;
    this.dob = dob;
     }
    // get-set methods here
    public void printProfile() {
    System.out.printf("Name: %s%n", name);
    System.out.printf("Date of birth: %s%n", dob.getDateString());
    }
    }

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