interface IEmployee

{

    string Name

    {

        get;

        set;

    }

​

    int Counter

    {

        get;

    }

}

​

public class Employee : IEmployee

{

    public static int numberOfEmployees;

​

    private string name;

    //where is it getting the name value from?

    //public Employee(string name) - don't we need this to tell the code where it gets the value?

    public string Name  // read-write instance property

    {

        get

        {

            return name;

        }

        set

        {

            name = value;

        }

    }

​

    private int counter;

    public int Counter  // read-only instance property

    {

        get

        {

            return counter;

        }

    }

​

    public Employee()  // constructor

    {

        counter = ++counter + numberOfEmployees;

    }

}

​

public class TestEmployee

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        System.Console.Write("Enter number of employees: ");

        Employee.numberOfEmployees = int.Parse(System.Console.ReadLine());

​

        Employee e1 = new Employee();

        System.Console.Write("Enter the name of the new employee: ");

        e1.Name = System.Console.ReadLine();

​

        System.Console.WriteLine("The employee information:");

        System.Console.WriteLine("Employee number: {0}", e1.Counter);

        System.Console.WriteLine("Employee name: {0}", e1.Name);

    }

}