Properties in C#

Properties in C# is a member that provides  a flexible work to write, read or compute a value of a private field. Properties is one or two code blocks and representing a get and set accessor. For get accessor the code block executed when the property is read and for the set executed when the property is assigned a new value. Set property is only for reading and get property considered write – only.

Defining Properties

• Properties are like data fields, but have a logic behind them
• From the outside, they look like any other member variable
• Defined like a fiel, with “get” and “set” code addedd
• Can use access modifiers like fields and methods can

class mExample

{

    private int mValue; // private data field

    public int Value

    {

       get { return mValue; }

       set { mValue = value; } // value is implicit

        

    }

           

}

Read-Only

 class mExample

 {

   private int mValue;

   //read-only property

   public int Value

   {

      get { return mValue; }

   }

  }

Write-Only

class mExample

{

   private int mValue;

   //Write-only property

   public int Value

   {

      set { mValue = value; }

   }

}