C# Properties

Properties are special types of methods that provide a flexible mechanism for classes for exposing private fields. Hence these are called accessors.

There are two types of accessors under properties. These are:

• The get property accessors.
• The set property accessors.

These accessors are used to get, set as well as compute class member values.

Use of Properties in C#

The uses of different C# properties are:

• Properties have to be either read-only or write-only.
• Every property holds some specific logic while setting values for any particular work.
• Fields in properties are contained within the class private so that they cannot be accessed from another class or outside the class's scope straightforwardly.

Example of C# Properties

using System;  
public class BoardMembers  
{  
    private string mname, val = "Karlos ray";  
    public string memberName  
    {  
        get  
        {  
            return mname;  
        }  
        set  
        {  
            mname = val;  
        }  
    }  
} 

class TestBoardmem {  
   public static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  
       BoardMembers b1 = new BoardMembers();  
        b1.memberName = " Karlos Ray ";  
        Console.WriteLine(" Board member name is: " + b1.memberName);  
    }  
}  

Different Characteristics and Situations to Get and Set Accessors:

• Read and Write Properties: If your C# property holds both the get and the set methods.
• Read-Only Properties: If your C# property holds only, get the method defined in it.
• Write Only Properties: If your C# property holds only a set method defined in it.
• Auto-Implemented Properties: If there is no additional logic associated with your C# accessors, then auto-implemented property gets implemented.