// Fig. 9.10: Employee.cs
// Employee class with references to other objects.
public class Employee
{
   private string firstName;
   private string lastName;
   private Date birthDate;
   private Date hireDate;

   // constructor to initialize name, birth date and hire date
   public Employee( string first, string last,
      Date dateOfBirth, Date dateOfHire )
   {
      firstName = first;
      lastName = last;
      birthDate = dateOfBirth;
      hireDate = dateOfHire;
   } // end Employee constructor

   // convert Employee to string format
   public override string ToString()
   {
      return string.Format( "{0}, {1}  Hired: {2}  Birthday: {3}",
         lastName, firstName, hireDate, birthDate );
   } // end method ToString
} // end class Employee


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