Reference no: EM132154707

Update the employee class that we created in class on March 10, 2017. Update the class to do the followings:

o Include one additional data member (empID - a private data member) which will contain a class-assigned employee ID. This new data member will contain a numeric value assigned by the class and is unique to each employee. The user should not be able to alter the value of empID but should be able to retrieve it.

o To create an object that represents a valid employee, the user must provide an employee name and a hire date. The user should have the option to provide a value for "hours" when an object is created. If a value for "hours" is not provided, "hours" should default to zero.

An employee ID can be assigned to an object by the class only when a name and a hire date are provided. Create a constructor to enforce this rule.

o The data member hireDate must be constant. The user should not have the option to change the hireDate but should be able to retrieve its value.

o Make sure that all functions in the employee class that do not alter the data are constant functions.

o Add a new member function to the class employee that displays all the information pertaining to the employee. This function will make it easier for the user to display the contents of an employee object by simply using this member function instead of calling 6 different member functions (getName(), getHours(), getEmpID(), getMonth(), getYear(),getDay()).

Create a program that maintains a list (an array) of employees. The user should be able to add employees to the list. When adding an employee to the list, make sure that the program searches the list by employee name to make sure that the employee does not already exist. If the employee already exists, let the user know that the employee is already on the list and display the employee's information.

Note: you will need to create an array of pointers to objects of the employee class because you do not have a default constructor. The declaration will be as follows:

Employee * empList[maxSize];
Where maxSize is a constant integer that contains the size of the array.

ps: create a new class instead of using the existing class mentioned.