So I need all I need to do is let this info that is going through my array print out somehow. the problem is I cant get it to do that currently. I can get it to return the information one at a time for each employee . but at the end I want it to run through the final loop and print out all the employees in a list for that is stored . The code at the bottom goes with my other super classes and must stay the same , I just need to know how to get it to print out to the screen. I was thinking line 49 I would need a println but I am not sure what I am doing wrong the entire program is working fine with that exception. there are 6 superclass all related to this payrollsystemtest but there are no error related to them.

package test;


import java.util.Scanner;

// test
// 

public class Test {
    private static final int BONUS_MONTH = 11;
    private static int emptype;
    private static String first;
    private static String last;
    private static String ssn;
    private static int month;
    private static int day;
    private static int year;
    private static double salary;
    private static double sales;
    private static double rate;
    private static double hourlyWage;
    private static double hoursWorked;
    private static double grossSales;
    private static double commissionRate;
    private static double baseSalary;

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Employee employees[] = new Employee[5];
        // create scanner object to get values from user
        int count;

       for(count=0;count<5;count++)
       {



      //menu here
        menu();

        // initialize array with Employees
        employees[0] = new SalariedEmployee(first,last ,ssn , month, day, year, salary );
        employees[1] = new SalariedEmployee(first,last ,ssn , month, day, year, salary );
        employees[2] = new HourlyEmployee(  first,  last,  ssn, month,  day,  year ,  hourlyWage,  hoursWorked );
        employees[3] = new  CommissionEmployee(  first,  last,  ssn,  month,  day,  year,  sales,  rate );
        employees[4] = new BasePlusCommissionEmployee(  first,  last,  ssn,  month,  day,  year, sales,  rate,  salary );
        }


        System.out.println("Employees processed polymorphically:\n");

        // generically process each element in array employees
        double earnings = 0;
        for (Employee currentEmployee : employees) {
        System.out.println(currentEmployee); // invokes toString

            // determine whether element is a BasePlusCommissionEmployee
            if (currentEmployee instanceof BasePlusCommissionEmployee) {
                // downcast Employee reference to
                // BasePlusCommissionEmployee reference
                BasePlusCommissionEmployee employee = (BasePlusCommissionEmployee) currentEmployee;

                double oldBaseSalary = employee.getBaseSalary();
                employee.setBaseSalary(1.10 * oldBaseSalary);
                System.out.printf("new base salary with 10%% increase is: $%,.2f\n", employee.getBaseSalary());
            } // end if
                // Add $100 bonus if birth month is November while calculating
                // monthly salary
            if (currentEmployee.getBirthday().getMonth() == BONUS_MONTH) {
                earnings = (currentEmployee.earnings() * 4) + 100;
            } else {
                earnings = currentEmployee.earnings() * 4;
            }
            // Print monthly salary
            System.out.printf("earned $%,.2f\n\n", earnings);
        } // end for

        // get type name of each object in employees array
        for (int j = 0; j < employees.length; j++)
            System.out.printf("Employee %d is a %s\n", j, employees[j].getClass().getName());

    } // end main

    private static SalariedEmployee salaryString(Scanner input) {
        System.out.println("Please enter first name.");
         first = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter last name.");
         last = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter SSN.");
         ssn = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter Month of Birth.");
         month = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Day of Birth.");
         day = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Year of Birth.");
         year = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Salary.");
         salary = input.nextDouble();
        // create subclass objects
        SalariedEmployee salariedEmployee = new SalariedEmployee(first, last, ssn, month, day, year, salary);
        return salariedEmployee;
    }

    private static HourlyEmployee HourString(Scanner input) {
        System.out.println("\nHourly Employee Details");
        System.out.println("Please enter first name.");
         first = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter last name.");
         last = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter SSN.");
         ssn = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter Month of Birth.");
         month = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Day of Birth.");
         day = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Year of Birth.");
         year = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter hourly wages.");
        hourlyWage = input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter hours worked.");
        hoursWorked = input.nextDouble();
        HourlyEmployee hourlyEmployee = new HourlyEmployee(first, last, ssn, month, day, year, hourlyWage,
                hoursWorked);
        return hourlyEmployee;
    }

    private static CommissionEmployee RateString(Scanner input) {
        System.out.println("\nCommission Employee Details");
        System.out.println("Please enter first name.");
         first = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter last name.");
         last = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter SSN.");
         ssn = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter Month of Birth.");
         month = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Day of Birth.");
         day = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Year of Birth.");
         year = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter gross sales.");
         grossSales = input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter commission rate.");
         commissionRate = input.nextDouble();
        CommissionEmployee commissionEmployee = new CommissionEmployee(first, last, ssn, month, day, year,
                grossSales, commissionRate);
        return commissionEmployee;
    }

    private static BasePlusCommissionEmployee SalesString(Scanner input) {
        System.out.println("\nBase Plus Commission Employee Details");
        System.out.println("Please enter first name.");
         first = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter last name.");
         last = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter SSN.");
         ssn = input.next();
        System.out.println("Please enter Month of Birth.");
         month = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Day of Birth.");
        day = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter Year of Birth.");
         year = input.nextInt();
        System.out.println("Please enter gross sales.");
         grossSales = input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter commission rate.");
        commissionRate = input.nextDouble();
        System.out.println("Please enter base salary.");
        baseSalary = input.nextDouble();
        BasePlusCommissionEmployee basePlusCommissionEmployee = new BasePlusCommissionEmployee(first, last,
               ssn, month, day, year, grossSales, commissionRate, baseSalary);
        return basePlusCommissionEmployee;

    }


    /**
     *
     */
    public static void menu()
    {
        Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("\nPlease Select an Emploment Type or -1 to quit:\n");
        System.out.println("\n 1. Salaried Employee");
        System.out.println("\n 2. Commissioned Employee");
        System.out.println("\n 3. Base Plus Commissioned Employee");
        System.out.println("\n 4. Hourly employee");

        emptype = input.nextInt();
        input.nextLine();

                 switch(emptype)
             {
                 case 1:
                     SalariedEmployee salariedEmployee = salaryString(input);
                     break;
                 case 2:
                    CommissionEmployee commissionEmployee = RateString(input);
                     break;
                 case 3:
                    BasePlusCommissionEmployee basePlusCommissionEmployee = SalesString(input);
                    break;
                 case 4:
                    HourlyEmployee hourlyEmployee = HourString(input);
                    break;
                 default: 
                    System.out.println("\n incorrect choice Please try again");
                    break;
                    }

    }

} // end class PayrollSystemTest

did you overwrite the toString method in your Employee classes?

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