Spot the error!!!! float not saved in array

Question

I have the following class file which compiles fine and runs, but for some reason the salary is never stored into the file when saved, i am outputting store to the terminal window and everything comes up apart from salary which always says 0.0 can anybody see any errors has it is driving me mad lol!
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import bank.BankUI;
import bank.*;
public class CreateSequentialFile extends JFrame {
   private ObjectOutputStream output;
   private BankUI userInterface;
   private JButton enterButton, openButton;
   private Store store;
   private Employee record;
   // set up GUI
   public CreateSequentialFile()
      super( "Creating a Sequential File of Objects" ); // appears in top of gui
      // create instance of reusable user interface
      userInterface = new BankUI( 9 );  // four textfields
      getContentPane().add( userInterface, BorderLayout.CENTER );
      openButton = userInterface.getDoTask1Button();
      openButton.setText( "Save to file" );
      openButton.addActionListener(
         // anonymous inner class to handle openButton event
         new ActionListener() {
            // call openFile when button pressed
            public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent event )
               openFile();
         } // end anonymous inner class
      ); // end call to addActionListener
      // configure button doTask2 for use in this program
      enterButton = userInterface.getDoTask2Button();
      enterButton.setText( "Save to file..." );
      enterButton.setEnabled( false );  // disable button
      // register listener to call addRecord when button pressed
      enterButton.addActionListener(
         // anonymous inner class to handle enterButton event
         new ActionListener() {
            // call addRecord when button pressed
            public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent event )
               addRecord();
         } // end anonymous inner class
      ); // end call to addActionListener
      // register window listener to handle window closing event
      addWindowListener(
         // anonymous inner class to handle windowClosing event
         new WindowAdapter() {
            // add current record in GUI to file, then close file
            public void windowClosing( WindowEvent event )
                         if ( output != null )
                            addRecord();
                              closeFile();
         } // end anonymous inner class
      ); // end call to addWindowListener
      setSize( 600, 500 );
      setVisible( true );
     store = new Store(100);
   } // end CreateSequentialFile constructor
   // allow user to specify file name
   private void openFile()
      // display file dialog, so user can choose file to open
      JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
      fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode( JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY );
      int result = fileChooser.showSaveDialog( this );
      // if user clicked Cancel button on dialog, return
      if ( result == JFileChooser.CANCEL_OPTION )
         return;
      File fileName = fileChooser.getSelectedFile(); // get selected file
      // display error if invalid
      if ( fileName == null || fileName.getName().equals( "" ) )
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "Invalid File Name",
            "Invalid File Name", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
      else {
         // open file
         try {
            output = new ObjectOutputStream(
               new FileOutputStream( fileName ) );
            openButton.setEnabled( false );
            enterButton.setEnabled( true );
         // process exceptions from opening file
         catch ( IOException ioException ) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "Error Opening File",
               "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
      } // end else
   } // end method openFile
   // close file and terminate application
   private void closeFile()
      // close file
      try {
                                             int storeSize = store.getCount();
                                        for (int i = 0; i<storeSize;i++)
                                        output.writeObject(store.elementAt(i));
         output.close();
         System.exit( 0 );
      // process exceptions from closing file
      catch( IOException ioException ) {
         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "Error closing file",
            "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
         System.exit( 1 );
   } // end method closeFile
   // add record to file
   public void addRecord()
      int employeeNumber = 0;
      String fieldValues[] = userInterface.getFieldValues();
      // if account field value is not empty
      if ( ! fieldValues[ BankUI.IDNUMBER ].equals( "" ) ) {
         // output values to file
         try {
            employeeNumber = Integer.parseInt(
               fieldValues[ BankUI.IDNUMBER ] );
                    String dob = fieldValues[ BankUI.DOB ];
                    String[] dateofBirth = dob.split ("-");
                    String sDate = fieldValues[ BankUI.START ];
                    String[] startDate = sDate.split ("-");
                    String sex = fieldValues[ BankUI.GENDER ];
                    char gender = (sex.charAt(0));
if ( employeeNumber >= 0 ) {
                record  = new Employee(
                fieldValues[ BankUI.NAME ],
                    gender,
                new Date(     Integer.parseInt(dateofBirth[0]),
                          Integer.parseInt(dateofBirth[1]),
                          Integer.parseInt(dateofBirth[2])),
                    fieldValues[ BankUI.ADDRESS ],
                    fieldValues[ BankUI.NATINTNO ],
                    fieldValues[ BankUI.PHONE ],
                    fieldValues[ BankUI.IDNUMBER ],
          new Date(     Integer.parseInt(startDate[0]),
                          Integer.parseInt(startDate[1]),
                          Integer.parseInt(startDate[2])),
          Float.parseFloat( fieldValues[ BankUI.SALARY ] ));
                    if (!store.isFull())
                         store.add(record);
                    else
                    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "The Store is full you cannot add\n"+
                     "anymore employees. \nPlease Save Current File and Create a New File." );
                         System.out.println("Store full");
                    store.displayAll();
                    System.out.println("Count is " + store.getCount());
                              // output record and flush buffer
                    //should be written to fuile in the close file method.
                                             output.flush();
            else
                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this,
                   "Account number must be greater than 0",
                   "Bad account number", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
            // clear textfields
            userInterface.clearFields();
         } // end try
         // process invalid account number or balance format
         catch ( NumberFormatException formatException ) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this,
               "Bad ID number, Date or Salary", "Invalid Number Format",
               JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
         // process exceptions from file output
         catch ( ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ArrayException ) {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "Error with Start Date or Date of Birth",
                "IO Exception", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
                  // process exceptions from file output
         catch ( IOException ioException ) {
             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( this, "Error writing to file",
                "IO Exception", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE );
            closeFile();
      } // end if
   } // end method addRecord
   public static void main( String args[] )
      new CreateSequentialFile();
} // end class CreateSequentialFile

Answer 1

I don't see any salary-related code in what you posted. Is there salary information in that Employee class or something? If so you should look there to see if it's working correctly. Or better still, test the Employee class properly before allowing other classes to use it.