ToString method and getData() are causing errors

Question

import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.io.*;
public class Employee
private String firstName, midInitial, lastName;
private double salaryAmt;
public Employee()
getData();
private getData()
String inStr;
InputStreamReader converter = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(converter);
System.out.print ("Enter first name");
firstName = in.readLine();
System.out.print ("Enter middle initial");
midInitial = in.readLine();
System.out.print ("Enter last name");
lastName = in.readLine();
System.out.print ("Enter salary amount");
salaryAmt = Double.parseDouble(in.readLine());
public int compareTo(Object emp2)
int result = 0;
if (salaryAmt < ((Employee)emp2).salaryAmt)
result = -1;
else if (salaryAmt == ((Employee)emp2).salaryAmt)
result = 0;
else
result = 1;
return result;
public String toString()
String result;
String firstNamelength = " ";
String lastNamelength = " ";
salaryAmtlength = " ";
NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
result += lastName + "," + lastNamelength.substring(0,lastNamelength.length()
- lastName.length()) + firstName + firstNamelength.substring
(0,firstNamelength.length() - firstName.length()) + midInitial + "." +
fmt.format(salaryAmtlength.substring(0,salaryAmtlength.length -
salaryAmt.length()));
return result;

Answer 1

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