LAB EXERCISE 12: Payroll

Goal: In this exercise, you will learn how to:
1. Insert the Main Method (Main Entry Point to the Java Program)
2 Import a Java Class Library
3. Declare Instance and Static Variables
4. Create a Constructor (Special Method)
6. Create a Void Method
7. Create an Array to store data of the same data type in memory
8. Use the For Loop to allow the iteration and the repetitive execution of code
9. Create an Object from the Class
10. Call an Object’s Method

Program Specifications:
Description: LMC House of Pizza has 5 employees, each paid $14 per hour. Create an application that will prompt the user to input the hours worked and calculate gross pay of the 5 employees using the formula gross pay= hours worked * hourly rate.

Use the For Loop to input the the data and calculate the gross pay. The employee’s gross pay is then stored in an array and displayed on the console.

A. Pre-requisites:
1. Create a folder on your desktop Exercise-12

2. Launch Java EE- Eclipse
Note: You will need to use the Java Perspective Workbench for this exercise

3. Setup your Eclipse Workspace to point to the Exercise-12 folder
a. Select File-> Switch Workspace
b. Browse and select your Exercie-12 folder as your Workspace.

B. Requirements:

1. Create a Java Project and name it as Payroll

2. Create the first Class that will have the Main Method

a. Name the Class as MainApp

b. Choose the main method to insert into the class

3. Create the second Class that will have the Constructor and Methods

a. Name the Class as GrossPay

b. Do not select the main method stub

C. Requirements for the GrossPay Class:

1. Insert the import java.util.Scanner class which will allow data to be inputted from the console.

2. a. Declare the variable- hoursWorked using the double data type
b. Declare the final static variable HOURL_PAY_RATE=14 using the double data type
c. Declare the final static variable MAX_EMPLOYEES= 5 using the integer data type

3. Declare the array employeePayArray[] using the double data type

4. Create the Constructor (special method) called GrossPay() that will prompt the user to input the data

a. Declare the scanner input class objects - Scanner inputEmpHours = new Scanner(System.in)

b. Used the For Loop to perform the following iteration:
1. Prompt the user to input the hours worked for each 5 employees
2. Calculate their gross pay
3. Store the employee’s gross pay in the array.

c. Close the scanner input class object - inputEmpHours.close()

5. Create the Void Method called displayPayroll() that will display the gross pay of each employee.
a. Use the For Loop to perform the iteration of displaying the results on the console
b. Below is the code you can copy and paste in the For Loop to display the output

System.out.print("Employee " + (i+1) + " earned: ");
System.out.format("$%.2f", employeePayArray[i]);
System.out.println();

D. Requirements for the MainApp Class:

1. Add comments (documentation)– Program Description, Author and Date

2. Create the instance of object called employee from the GrossPay class

3. Call the object’s method to display the employee’s gross pay.

E. Test:

1. Save your Java code

2. Compile and run your Java program.

3. Verify there is no syntax, logical or run-time errors.

4. Use the following set of test data to determine if the application is calculating properly:

Array Position Employee Hours Worked Gross Pay

0 1 10 $140

1 2 25 $350

2 3 20 $280

3 4 15 $210

4 5 30 $420

F. Submit your exercise in the Canvas Lab Exercise #12 Drop Box.

1. Submit the screen shot of the Eclipse Workbench window showing the Console output screen.
You can use Paint (save as JPG) or Word to paste the screenshot.

2. Zip up and submit the compressed Payroll subfolder that is in the Exercise-12 folder.
NOTE: Right click on the subfolder and select Send to “Compress Folder”. The file will have a file extension of .zip.