Re: Using set and get methods in an inherited class

From:
"Hal Rosser" <hmrosser@bellsouth.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:35:30 -0500
Message-ID:
<PAawh.13360$Cg1.3264@bignews8.bellsouth.net>
<rleroux@telus.net> wrote in message
news:1170286724.333992.213710@a34g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

Hello,

I have an inherited class where I'm acceptting input and setting the
input to my private variables in my superclass (in my acceptPay
method). If I display the variable by using the get method (see rem'd
line in the acceptPay method) there's no issue.

However, when I try to display the variable in my displayinfo method,
I get 0.0 instead of the value that should be in the variable.

What am I overlooking in the example below?
Tnx.

class CalPayroll extends Pay
{
//Display output
public void displayinfo()
{

System.out.println(getHours());
System.out.println();
}

//Accept input
public void acceptPay()throws IOException
{
//Set variables to use
float HoursWorked;
int StraightHours;
float HourlyRate;
char ex;

System.out.print("Enter number of hours worked (00.0):");
//Create a new object to access the acceptinputFloat in the Accept
Class

                               Accept passHoursWorked = new Accept();
HoursWorked = passHoursWorked.acceptInputFloat();

setHours(HoursWorked);
//System.out.println(getHours()); //THIS WORKS TO GET THE
HOURS THAT WAS SET ABOVE

CalPayroll display = new CalPayroll();
display.displayinfo();
}


Each instance of the class has its own copy of the instance variables.
You created a new CalPayroll and called its displayinfo method before you
set the instance variables, so having only been declared, but not 'set' the
value of your variable is 0.0.

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