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user14267810
user14267810

Reputation:

How to I replace an element in a array list with another?

0

I have an assignment which asks for everything I have in the code below. That all works fine - I just need to calculate any monthly hours over 160 hours to be paid at 1.5 times the normal hourly rate. My math seems sound and calculates fine:

((hours - 160) * overtime) + (160 * hourlyRate)

But I dont know if I'm putting this if statement in the right method or if it even should be an if statement. My increase/decreasePay methods are working prior to this and they need to stay. I removed some things so it's easier to read.

HourlyWorker Class:

public class HourlyWorker extends Employee
{
private int hours;
private double hourlyRate;
private double monthlyPay;
private double overtime = (1.5 * hourlyRate);

public HourlyWorker(String last, String first, String ID, double rate)
{
   super(last, first, ID);
   hourlyRate = rate;
}

public void setHours(int hours)
{
   this.hours = hours;
}

public int getHours()
{
   return hours;
}

public void setHourlyRate(double rate)
{
   this.hourlyRate = rate;
}

public double getHourlyRate()
{
   return hourlyRate;
}


public double getMonthlyPay()
{
   if (hours > 160)
   {
      monthlyPay = ((hours - 160) * overtime) + (160 * hourlyRate);
   }
   else 
   {
      monthlyPay = hourlyRate * hours;
   }
   return monthlyPay;
}

public void increasePay(double percentage)
{
   hourlyRate *= 1 + percentage / 100;
}

public void decreasePay(double percentage)
{
   hourlyRate *= 1 - percentage / 100;
}

}
What I'm testing with:

public class TestEmployee2
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
   Employee [] staff = new Employee[3];
      HourlyWorker hw1 = new HourlyWorker("Bee", "Busy", "BB1265", 10);
       
      hw1.setHours(200);    
      staff[0] = hw1;

   System.out.println(staff[0].getMonthlyPay());
   staff[0].increasePay(10);
   System.out.println(staff[0].getMonthlyPay());
}
}

Output is: 1600 (initial monthly rate, with 40 overtime hours and 160 regular hours) 1760 (10% increase to the monthlyPay)

Should be: 2006 2206.6

Upvotes: 0

Views: 965

Answers (3)

smac89
smac89

Reputation: 43078

Assuming you have added the following artists to your list:

new Artist("Rolling Stones", "Rock");
new Artist("Abba", "Rock");

Now you want your addArtists method to actually update an artist's genre if they were added again, you can do it like this:

(I'm also assuming this.artists is a Collection.)

public void addArtist(String artistName, String genre) {
    this.artists.removeIf((artist) -> artist.name.equals(artistName)));
    this.artists.add(new Artist(artistName, genre));
}

The method first removes (using removeIf) any artist with that name from the list, then it adds the new artist.

Now when you do:

artists.addArtist("Rolling Stones", "Rock");
artists.addArtist("Abba", "Pop");

The previous artists you had added will be replaced by these

Upvotes: 0

Oleg Cherednik
Oleg Cherednik

Reputation: 18245

You're almost there. Fort set() method, you have to add position as first argument public E set(int index, E element):

this.artists.set(0, new Artist(artist, genre));    // this should work

Upvotes: 1

Scary Wombat
Scary Wombat

Reputation: 44824

To update an Object in an ArrayList use the set method

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html#set-int-E-

This takes two arguments, the index and the new Object.

To get the index see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html#indexOf-java.lang.Object-

Upvotes: 0

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