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 // Fig. 8.12: Employee.java
 // Static variable used to maintain a count of the number of
 // Employee objects in memory.
 
 public class Employee
 {
     private String firstName;
     private String lastName;
     private static int count = 0; // number of Employees created
 
     // initialize Employee, add 1 to static count and
     // output String indicating that constructor was called
     public Employee( String first, String last )
     {
         firstName = first;
         lastName = last;
 
         ++count; // increment static count of employees
         System.out.printf( "Employee constructor: %s %s; count = %d\n",
             firstName, lastName, count );
     } // end Employee constructor
 
     // get first name
     public String getFirstName()
     {
         return firstName;
     } // end method getFirstName
 
     // get last name
     public String getLastName()
     {
         return lastName;
     } // end method getLastName
 
     // static method to get static count value
     public static int getCount()
     {
         return count;
     } // end method getCount
 } // end class Employee