//8.8 Employee.java
//Employee class with references to other objects.

public class Employee
{
    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;
    private Date birthDate;
    private Date hireDate;

    //constructor to initialize name, birth date and hire date
    public Employee (String first, String last, Date dateOfBirth, Date dateOfHire)
    {
        firstName=first;
        lastName=last;
        birthDate=dateOfBirth;
        hireDate=dateOfHire;
    } //end Employee constructor

    //convert Employee to String format
    public String toString()
    {
        return String.format("%s, %s Hired: %s Birthday: %s", lastName, firstName, hireDate, birthDate);
    } //end method toString
} //end class Employee