Calendar get(int) in Java

get(int): This method is available in java.util.Calendar class of Java.

Syntax:

int java.util.Calendar.get(int field)

This method takes one argument of type int as its parameter. This method returns the value of the given calendar field.

Parameters: field the given calendar field.

Returns: the value for the given calendar field.

Throws:

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the specified field  is out of range(field < 0 || field >= FIELD_COUNT).

Approach 1: When no exception

Java

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Calendarget {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // create a calendar
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        int field = 1;
        System.out.println(calendar.get(field));

    }
}

Output:

2022

Approach 2: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException 

Java

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Calendarget {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // create a calendar
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        int field = -1;
        System.out.println(calendar.get(field));

    }
}

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index -1 out of bounds for length 17
	at java.base/java.util.Calendar.internalGet(Calendar.java:1871)
	at java.base/java.util.Calendar.get(Calendar.java:1858)