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Define properties for class

/* Learning C#  by Jesse Liberty Publisher: O'Reilly  ISBN: 0596003765 */  using System;  namespace Properties  {      class Time      {          // private member variables          private int year;          private int month;          private int date;          private int hour;          private int minute;          private int second;          // create a property          public int Hour          {              get              {                  return hour;              }              set              {                  hour = value;              }          }          // public accessor methods          public void DisplayCurrentTime()          {              System.Console.WriteLine(                  "Time: {0}/{1}/{2} {3}:{4}:{5}",                  month, date, year, hour, minute, second);          }          // constructors          public Time(System.DateTime dt)          {              year =      dt.Year;              month =     dt.Month;              date =      dt.Day;              hour =      dt.Hour;              minute =    dt.Minute;              second =    dt.Second;          }     }     public class PropertiesTester     {        public void Run()        {            System.DateTime currentTime = System.DateTime.Now;            Time t = new Time(currentTime);            t.DisplayCurrentTime();            // access the hour to a local variable            int theHour = t.Hour;            // display it            System.Console.WriteLine("Retrieved the hour: {0}",                theHour);            // increment it            theHour++;            // reassign the incremented value back through            // the property            t.Hour = theHour;            // display the property            System.Console.WriteLine("Updated the hour: {0}", t.Hour);        }        [STAThread]        static void Main()        {           PropertiesTester t = new PropertiesTester();           t.Run();        }     }  }