How do you input data into a constructor from scanner? - input

Question

I am trying to take a constructor(string, string, double) and set the value in it with a scanner input. any help is appreciated. The code is list below.
My programs can assign the values that i put in, but I want to be able to assign them from the keyboard and I would like to use only one constructor method to accomplish this. Thanks
I have it broken up into two classes:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class EmployeeTest
{
public static void main(String [] args)
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
Employee employee1 = new Employee("james", "ry", 3200);
Employee employee2 = new Employee("jim" , "bob" , 2500.56 );
System.out.println("What is employyee 1's first name? ");
employee1.setFname(input.nextLine());
}
}
class Employee
{
private String fname;
private String lname;
private double pay;
public Employee(String fname, String lname, double pay)
{
this.setFname(fname);
this.lname = lname;
this.pay = pay;
System.out.println("Employee " + fname +" "+ lname + " makes $" +
+ pay + " this month and with a 10% raise, their new pay is $" + (pay * .10 + pay));
}
void setfname(String fn)
{
setFname(fn);
}
void setlname(String ln)
{
lname = ln;
}
void setpay (double sal)
{
pay = sal;
}
String getfname()
{
return getFname();
}
String getlname()
{
return lname;
}
double getpay()
{
if (pay < 0.00)
{
return pay = 0.0;
}
return pay;
}
public String getFname() {
return fname;
}
public void setFname(String fname)
{
this.fname = fname;
}
}

Answer 1

You can modify you EmployeeTest class something like
class EmployeeTest {
public static void main (String...arg) {
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
String[] elements = null;
while (s.hasNextLine()) {
elements = s.nextLine().split("\\s+");
//To make sure that we have all the three values
//using which we want to construct the object
if (elements.length == 3) {
//call to the method which creates the object needed
//createObject(elements[0], elements[1], Double.parseDouble(elements[2]))
//or, directly use these values to instantiate Employee object
} else {
System.out.println("Wrong values passed");
break;
}
}
s.close();
}
}