C# 2008 For Programmers Third Edition Deitel® Developer Series

10. Classes and Objects: A Deeper Look

Instead of this absurd division into sexes, they ought to class people as static and dynamic.

—Evelyn Waugh

Is it a world to hide virtues in?

—William Shakespeare

But what, to serve our private ends, Forbids the cheating of our friends?

—Charles Churchill

This above all: to thine own self be true.

—William Shakespeare

Don’t be “consistent,” but be simply true.

—Oliver WendellHolmes, Jr.

OBJECTIVES

In this chapter you’ll learn:

  Encapsulation and data hiding.

  The concepts of data abstraction and abstract ...