static void Main(string[] args)
{
// by commenting out block of code below, we are using the constructor we created.
// You will only get values for Make = Nissan
// everything else will either be "" or 0 n
Car myCar = new Car();
/*
* myCar.Make = "Oldmobile";
* myCar.Model = "Cutlas Supreme";
* myCar.Year = 1986;
* myCar.Color = "Silver";
*/
Car myOtherCar; // creating a car object
myOtherCar = myCar; // referencing same address
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3}",
myOtherCar.Make, myOtherCar.Model,
myOtherCar.Year, myOtherCar.Color);
myCar.Make = "NewOldMobile";
Console.WriteLine(myOtherCar.Make); // further proof showing the reference of same address
// null is not 0 or an empty string, simply means indetermined
// myOtherCar = null; // dereferencing, null
/*
* Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3}", // null refeence exception
* myOtherCar.Make, myOtherCar.Model,
* myOtherCar.Year, myOtherCar.Color);
*/
myCar = null;
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3}", // even though myCar was dereferenced, myOtherCar still points to the address with data
myOtherCar.Make, myOtherCar.Model,
myOtherCar.Year, myOtherCar.Color);
// utilizing overloaded constructor
Car myThirdCar = new Car("Ford", "Escape", 2005, "White");
Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2} {3}",
myThirdCar.Make, myThirdCar.Model,
myThirdCar.Year, myThirdCar.Color);
/* Question: How is that you can use certain classes without instantiating an object first?
* An example is "Console.WriteLine()"
* You are using the method WriteLine() from the class Console, but not instantiating
* Answer: It is because the method is "Static"
*/
Car.PrintCar(); // PrintCar() is a static method
}