Using set and get methods in an inherited class

From:
rleroux@telus.net
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
31 Jan 2007 15:38:44 -0800
Message-ID:
<1170286724.333992.213710@a34g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Hello,

I have an inherited class where I'm acceptting input and setting the
input to my private variables in my superclass (in my acceptPay
method). If I display the variable by using the get method (see rem'd
line in the acceptPay method) there's no issue.

However, when I try to display the variable in my displayinfo method,
I get 0.0 instead of the value that should be in the variable.

What am I overlooking in the example below?
Tnx.

class CalPayroll extends Pay
{
    //Display output
    public void displayinfo()
    {

        System.out.println(getHours());
        System.out.println();
    }

    //Accept input
    public void acceptPay()throws IOException
    {
        //Set variables to use
        float HoursWorked;
        int StraightHours;
        float HourlyRate;
        char ex;

        System.out.print("Enter number of hours worked (00.0):");
        //Create a new object to access the acceptinputFloat in the Accept
Class

                                Accept passHoursWorked = new Accept();
        HoursWorked = passHoursWorked.acceptInputFloat();

        setHours(HoursWorked);
                                                //System.out.println(getHours()); //THIS WORKS TO GET THE
HOURS THAT WAS SET ABOVE

        CalPayroll display = new CalPayroll();
        display.displayinfo();
    }
}

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