A class definition

The code fragment in Listing 2 creates an abstract data type.

The type's format and behavior is expressed in the definition of a class.

The compiler knows nothing about this data type until it sees the class definition.

Listing 2. Defining an abstract data type.

class Date{ int month, day, year;//data elements of the class public: Date(int mo,int da,int yr);//constructor for the class int operator+(int n);//overloaded + operator adds dates ...//other member functions to define behavior };//note the required semicolon