using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace ClassExample
{
    class Program
    {
/****************************************
* this program shows how to create
*a simple class and how to implement it
*Steve Conger 10/72008 
******************************************/

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
	    //declare a new instance of the class dog
            dog d = new dog();
	    //assign values to its properties
            //using the set part of the properties
            d.DogBreed = "chow";
            d.DogSize = "medium";
            d.DogName = "Fluffy";

	    //display the class content using the get method of the properties
	    //call the method dogsound that returns the string "bark, bark"
            Console.WriteLine("{0} is a {1} of {2} size. She says {3}", d.DogName, d.DogBreed, d.DogSize, d.DogSound());

            Console.ReadKey();

        }//end main
    }//end class

    public class dog
    {
	/*********************************
         * this class describes a dog
	 * and contains the method 
         * Dog sound that retuns a string
         * usually the class is in a seperate file
         * but it can be in the same file
	********************************/
	//declare a private variable--a field that
        //describes dog
        private string breed;

        //encaspulate the field in a property
        //it is public so that it can be seen
        //outside the class
        public string DogBreed
        {
            //get allows a user of the class
            //to see the value of the breed variable
            get { return breed; }
            //set allows a user of the class
	    //to assign a new value to the variable
            set { breed = value; }
        } //end property

        //assign and set properties for the rest
        //of the variables

        private string size;

        public string DogSize
        {
            get { return size; }
            set { size = value; }
        } //end property

        private string name;

        public string DogName
        {
            get { return name; }
            set { name = value; }
        } //end property

        //This is a public method
	//that returns a string
        public string DogSound()
        {
            return "bark, bark";
        } //end method DogSound
    } //end class

}//end namespace