' Visual Basic 2008 9.0 .NET Examples - Inheritance - Object Oriented Programming : 
Class Counter
    Protected m_Value As Integer
    Public Function GetValue() As Integer
        GetValue = m_Value
    End Function
    Public Sub Raise()
        m_Value += 1
    End Sub
    Public Sub Lower()
        m_Value -= 1
    End Sub
End Class
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