/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy
Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/
/*
Example6_1.cs illustrates the use of static members
*/
// declare the Car class
class Car
{
// declare a static field,
// numberOfCars stores the number of Car objects
private static int numberOfCars = 0;
// define the constructor
public Car()
{
System.Console.WriteLine("Creating a Car object");
numberOfCars++; // increment numberOfCars
}
// define the destructor
~Car()
{
System.Console.WriteLine("Destroying a Car object");
numberOfCars--; // decrement numberOfCars
}
// define a static method that returns numberOfCars
public static int GetNumberOfCars()
{
return numberOfCars;
}
}
public class Example6_1
{
public static void Main()
{
// display numberOfCars
System.Console.WriteLine("Car.GetNumberOfCars() = " +
Car.GetNumberOfCars());
// create a Car object
Car myCar = new Car();
System.Console.WriteLine("Car.GetNumberOfCars() = " +
Car.GetNumberOfCars());
// create another Car object
Car myCar2 = new Car();
System.Console.WriteLine("Car.GetNumberOfCars() = " +
Car.GetNumberOfCars());
}
}