>>>>>It actually also needed closeSalespoint and closeOperator. I sent both as out parameters but I was thinking I may create the above as a class instead with these properties. Do you think it will be a better solution or 4 out parameters is not bad?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dunno - there are several ways
>>>>
>>>>Viv's personal limit is about 5
>>>>Another option mentioned is to have the method return a Tuple - only inconvenience of a tuple is that the properties do not have meaningful names
>>>>
>>>>Another option suggested is to create a class. I would opt for a private nested class in that case
>>>
>>>Can you show how the private nested class idea looks like, please?
>>>
>>It;s just a class declaration within a class.
>>

>>	class TheClass
>>	{
>>		public void Work()
>>		{
>>
>>			PrivateClass hello = new PrivateClass();
>>
>>			hello.DoWork(); // with parameters needed
>>			Console.WriteLine("{0} {1}", hello.StartTime, hello.EndTime);
>>			Console.ReadLine();
>>
>>		}
>>		private class PrivateClass
>>		{
>>			public DateTime StartTime { get; private set; }
>>			public DateTime EndTime { get; private set; }
>>
>>			public void DoWork()
>>			{
>>				StartTime = DateTime.Now;
>>				EndTime = DateTime.Now;
>>			}
>>
>>		}
>>
>>	}
>>	
>>

>
>I see, thanks a lot - this may be very useful for me.


This is how the CreaterEncryptor /CreateDecryptor of the encryption classes work

	class RijndaelTransformer : System.Security.Cryptography.SymmetricAlgorithm
	{
		public ICryptoTransform CreateDecryptor(byte[] key, byte[] iv)
		{
			return new RijndaelDecryptor(key, iv, Mode, Padding);
		}



		private class RijndaelDecryptor : ICryptoTransform
		{

			internal RijndaelDecryptor(byte[] key, byte[] iv, CipherMode mode, PaddingMode padding)
			{
			}
		}
	}