Need Help With Method

[MjM8082]

I have 2 different classes that are calling the same method... getPay()
The problem I am having is that I want one class to use the payRate 7.5 and the other to use the payRate 17.0
The payRate variable is defined inside the method that they are both calling. I want the method to be able to change the payRate for whichever class is calling it. Here is an example output that I want...


Demonstrating regular pay calculations
40 hours at 7.5 is 300.0
40 hours at 7.5 is 450.0

Demonstrating pay calculations for hazard pay.
40.0 hours at 17 is 680.0
40.0 hours at 17 is 1020.0



Here is my code for the classes.

abstract public class PayCalculator {

	private static double payRate = 0;
	private static int hours = 0;
	

	public static double getPay() {
		double pay = 0;
		int hours = 40;
		double payRate = 7.5;
		return pay = hours * payRate;
		
	}
	
	public void changeRate(){
		double newRate = 0;
		
	}
	


public static void main(String[] args) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	
	
	RegularPay newRegPay = new RegularPay();
	HazardPay newHazPay = new HazardPay();
	

	newRegPay.regPay();
	
	int hours = 40;
	double payRate = 7.5;
	PayCalculator.getPay();
	System.out.println(+hours+" hours at "+payRate+ " is " + PayCalculator.getPay());
	
	
	System.out.println("");
	newHazPay.hazPay();
	
	
}
	
}

Here is RegularPay.java

public class RegularPay extends PayCalculator {

	public void regPay(){
		
		System.out.println("Demonstrating regular pay calculations");
	}
	
	

}

Here is HazardPay.java

public class HazardPay extends PayCalculator {

		public void hazPay(){
			System.out.println("Demonstrating calculations for hazard pay");
		}
		
	
		}

[kjkrum]

You could pass the pay rate as an argument to the getPay method. Or you could make it a field of PayCalculator. Since the pay is calculated the same way in both cases - only the rate is different - there is really no reason for you to subclass PayCalculator.