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I am attempting to create multiple classes that inherit from the same superclass. My first class worked perfectly. When I attempted a second one I got an error message I haven't seen before. I'm new at this so I'm not sure how to solve the issue.

This is the class

class Employee extends Person
 double salary;
 private java.util.Date dateCreated;


 public Employee()
 

 public Employee(String name, String address, String phone_number, double salary)
 super(name, address, phone_number);
 this.salary = salary;
 

 public String getDate()
 java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
 return date.toString();
 

 public double getSalary()
 return this.salary;
 

 public String toString()
 return("Employee object:n" + super.toString() + "n" + "Salary:t$" + getSalary() + "n" + "Date Hired: " + getDate());
 
 

I am attempting to call the method this way

Employee employee = new Employee (name, address, number, salary);
System.out.println(employee.toString());

I am getting this error message:

testPerson.java:21: error: constructor Employee in class Employee cannot be applied to given types;
Employee employee = new Employee (name, address, number, salary);
 ^
 required: no arguments
 found: String,String,String,double
 reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
1 error

Here is TestPerson class

public class TestPerson
 public static void main(String args)
 Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 System.out.println("Please enter your name: ");
 String name = input.next();
 System.out.println("Please enter your address: ");
 String address = input.next();
 System.out.println("Please enter your phone number: ");
 String number = input.next();
 System.out.println("Please enter your yearly salary: ");
 double salary = input.nextDouble();
 Employee employee = new Employee (name, address, number, salary);
 System.out.println(employee.toString());
 

This is the parent class to clear it up. I could be doing something wrong that I'm not catching.

import java.util.*;
public class Person
 private String name;
 private String address;
 private String phone_number;

 public Person()
 

 public Person(String name, String address, String phone_number)
 this.name = name;
 this.address = address;
 this.phone_number = phone_number;
 

 public String getName()
 return this.name;
 

 public String getAddress()
 return this.address;
 

 public String getPhone()
 return this.phone_number;
 

 public String toString()
 return ("Person object:n" + "Name:tt" + getName() + "n" + "Address:t" + getAddress() + "n" + "Phone#:t" + getPhone());
 

I'm following the state of this issue since the beginning now and I found it really interesting so I copied your code and test it locally and surprise like I was expecting ... no single error found.
It seems that your compiler is trying to use the constructor with no arguments instead of the second one you gived. You should verify your code if this is really this Employee class who is used in testPerson.java.