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Java GregorianCalendar getMaximum() Method with Example

GregorianCalendar Class getMaximum() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getMaximum() method of GregorianCalendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 15, 2020

GregorianCalendar Class getMaximum() method

• getMaximum() method is available in java.util package.
• getMaximum() method is used to get the maximum value of the given Calendar field (fi) for this GregorianCalendar instance.
• getMaximum() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with class object only and if we try to access the method with class name then we will get an error.
• getMaximum() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning maximum value of the given field.

Syntax:

    public int getMaximum(int fi);

Parameter(s):

• int fi – represents the GregorianCalendar field (fi).

Return value:

The return type of this method is int, it returns maximum value of the given field (fi).

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of int getMaximum(int fi) method of GregorianCalendar

import java.util.*;

public class GetMaximumOfGregorianCalendar {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiating a GregorianCalendar object
        GregorianCalendar ca = (GregorianCalendar) GregorianCalendar.getInstance();

        // Display current GregorianCalendar
        System.out.println("ca: " + ca.getTime());

        // By using getMaximum(int fi) method is
        // to return the maximum value of the
        // given field

        int month = ca.getMaximum(GregorianCalendar.MONTH);

        //Display maximum value of month
        System.out.println("ca.getMaximum(GregorianCalendar.MONTH): " + month);
    }
}

Output

ca: Sat Feb 15 09:55:04 GMT 2020
ca.getMaximum(GregorianCalendar.MONTH): 11