Help with first approach to Class and Constructor

Question

Hello guys
I have a homework but I'm totally lost.
Here is the assignment:
**Write the fields, the constructor and the methods of the class below.**
**public class HourlyEmployee**
**The class has 4 private fields:**
**private String name; // the name**
**private String position; // the position in the company**
**private double rate; // the hourly rate**
**private double hours = 0.0; // the hours that the employee worked**
**The constructor has the header**
**public HourlyEmployee( String n, Spring pos, double pay)**
**that puts n into name, pos into position, and pay into rate.**
**The class has the methods below.**
**public String getName()**
**public String getPosition()**
**public double getRate()**
**public double getHours()**
**public void setName(String newName)**
**public void getARaise(double inc)**
**public void work(double time)**
**public double getPaid()**
**public boolean equals(HourlyEmployee other)**
**public String toString()**
**The first 4 methods return the name, the position, the rate**
**and the hours, in this order.**
**The method getARaise adds inc to rate.**
**The method work adds time to hours.**
**The program getPaid computes and returns the weekly pay.**
**The worker gets paid one time and a half for overtime (over**
**40 hours of work). Don't forget to reset hours to 0 before**
**you leave this method.**
**The method**
**public boolean equals(HourlyEmployee other)**
**returns true if this is equals to other and false**
**if they are not. Two hourly employees are equal**
**if they have the same name, the same position and**
**the same rate.**
**The last method returns the string**
**HourlyEmployee[name = ...][position = ....][rate = ...]**
**where ... stands for the name, position, and the rate**
**of the employee.**
Here is what I have so far:
public class HourlyEmployee
*// the fields*
private String name; // the name
private String position; // the position in the company
private double rate; // the hourly rate
private double hours = 0.0; // the hours that the employee worked
*// This constructor sets the name, position and rate*
*/ @param n is the name*
*@param pos is the position*
*@param pay is the rate*
public HourlyEmployee( String n, String pos, double pay)
name = n;
position = pos;
rate = pay;
*//get a new name*
*//@param newName is the new name to be entered*
public void setName (String newName)
<
+//get a raise+
+//@param inc is the amount to be increased+
public void getARaise (double inc)*
*+{+*
rate = inc;*
System.out.println ("The rate is " rate);*
+}+
+//get the time worked+
+//@param time is the amount of hours worked+
public void work (double time)*
*+{+*
hours = time;*
System.out.println ("The amount of hour is " hours);*
+}+
+//get the amount paid+
+//@param rate is the amount of money+
public void getPaid ()*
*+{+*
rate = hours;*
if ( hours > 40 )*
rate = 1.5; *
System.out.println ("The amount paid is " rate);*
*//compare employees*
*//@param rate*
public boolean equals (HourlyEmployee other)
return rate == other.rate
*&& name.equals (other.name);*
But I don't really understand what's going on.
What is the difference between setName and getName?
Didn't the constructor set the name, the position and the rate already?
I don't know where I'm standing or where I'm going.
Any help?
Thank you

Answer 1

Ok, this is what I have so far:
public class HourlyEmployee
         // the fields
        private String name; // the name
        private String position; // the position in the company
        private double rate; // the hourly rate
        private double hours = 0.0; // the hours that the employee worked
        // This constructor sets the name, position and rate
        /* @param n is the name
         * @param pos is the position
         * @param pay is the rate
        public HourlyEmployee( String n, String pos, double pay)
          name = n;
          position = pos;
                rate = pay;
        //@param returns the name
        public String getName()
        return name;
        //@param returns the employee position
        public String getPosition()
        return position;
        //@param returns the hourly rate
        public double getRate()
        return rate;
        //@param returns the hours
        public double getHours()
        return hours;
        //get a new name
        //@param newName is the new name to be entered
        public void setName (String newName)
                name = newName;
        //get a raise
        //@param inc is the amount to be increased
        public void getARaise (double inc)
                rate += inc;
        //get the time worked
        //@param time is the amount of hours worked
        public void work (double time)
                hours += time;
        //get the amount paid
        //@param rate is the amount of money
        public double getPaid ()
               if ( hours > 40 )
                   double payment = rate*hours*40 + 1.5*rate*(hours-40);
                   double payment = rate * hours;
                hours = 0.0;
        //compare employees
        //check if name, position and rate are the same
        public boolean equals (HourlyEmployee other)
        return name.equals (other.name)
            && position.equals (other.position)
            && rate == other.rate;
        //This method returns a string
        // with the name, position and rate of the employee
        public String toString()
            String myString = "HourlyEmployee[name =" + name
                    + "][position = " + position + "][rate= "
                    + rate + "]";
}Now I have 2 problems:
- The method getPaid is specified to return a double and gives me the error "missing return statement". How can I make it return a double?
- The public String toString gives me the same error, I don't know why
Any help?