/**The Employee class is a base class for multipul employclasses and is not verry usefull withough children.
* @author Kier Lindsay
**/
import java.util.Scanner;

//Employee is abstrace becuse Im not allowing unknowen Employee types. 
//so in order to make an Employee you nees to have a subclass.
public abstract class Employee {
  //the e in eClass, eNum, getEClass etc stands for employee
  private String eClass;
  private String eNum;
  private double hours;
  private double rate;
  private double commision;
  private double other;
  private double deductions;
  private double takeHome;
  
  
  public Employee() {
    String eClass;
    String eNum;
    double hours;
    double rate;
    double commision;
    double other;
    double deductions;
    double takeHome;
    
  }
  
  //lots of setters and getters for the children to use.
  //the setters could and probubaly should be protected.
  public String getEClass() {
    return this.eClass;
  }
  
  public String getENum() {
    return this.eNum;
  }
  
  public double getHours() {
    return this.hours;
  }
  
  public double getRate() {
    return this.rate;
  }
  
  public double getCommision() {
    return this.commision;
  }
  
  public double getOther() {
    return this.other;
  }
  
  public double getDeductions() {
    return this.deductions;
  }
  
  public double getTakeHome() {
    return this.takeHome;
  }
 
  public void setEClass( String s ) {
  eClass = s;
  }
  
  public void setENum( String s ) {
    eNum = s;
  }
  
  public void setHours( double d ) {
    hours = d;
  }
  
  public void setRate( double d ) {
    rate = d;
  }
  
  public void setCommision( double d ) {
    commision = d;
  }
  
  public void setOther( double d ) {
    other = d;
  }
  
  public void setDeductions( double d ) {
    deductions = d;
  }
  
  public void setTakeHome( double d ) {
    takeHome = d;
  }
  

  public abstract void readDetailsFrom(Scanner in);
  
  public abstract void calculateNeededResults();
  
  public abstract void setDefaultData();
  
  public void calculateTakeHome() {
    double takeHome = (this.getRate() * this.getHours()) + this.getOther() 
		      + this.getCommision() - this.getDeductions();
    this.setTakeHome(takeHome );
  }  
}

/**The Employee class is a base class for multipul employclasses and is not verry usefull withough children.
* @author Kier Lindsay
**/
import java.util.Scanner;

//Employee is abstrace becuse Im not allowing unknowen Employee types. 
//so in order to make an Employee you nees to have a subclass.
public abstract class Employee {
  //the e in eClass, eNum, getEClass etc stands for employee
  private String eClass;
  private String eNum;
  private double hours;
  private double rate;
  private double commision;
  private double other;
  private double deductions;
  private double takeHome;
  
  
  //lots of setters and getters for the children to use.
  //the setters could and probubaly should be protected.
  public String getEClass() {
    return this.eClass;
  }
  
  public String getENum() {
    return this.eNum;
  }
  
  public double getHours() {
    return this.hours;
  }
  
  public double getRate() {
    return this.rate;
  }
  
  public double getCommision() {
    return this.commision;
  }
  
  public double getOther() {
    return this.other;
  }
  
  public double getDeductions() {
    return this.deductions;
  }
  
  public double getTakeHome() {
    return this.takeHome;
  }
 
  public void setEClass( String s ) {
  eClass = s;
  }
  
  public void setENum( String s ) {
    eNum = s;
  }
  
  public void setHours( double d ) {
    hours = d;
  }
  
  public void setRate( double d ) {
    rate = d;
  }
  
  public void setCommision( double d ) {
    commision = d;
  }
  
  public void setOther( double d ) {
    other = d;
  }
  
  public void setDeductions( double d ) {
    deductions = d;
  }
  
  public void setTakeHome( double d ) {
    takeHome = d;
  }
  

  public abstract void readDetailsFrom(Scanner in);
  
  public abstract void calculateNeededResults();
  
  public abstract void setDefaultData();
  
  public void calculateTakeHome() {
    double takeHome = (this.getRate() * this.getHours()) + this.getOther() 
		      + this.getCommision() - this.getDeductions();
    this.setTakeHome(takeHome );
  }  
}

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