Properties in C#

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Here I am trying to understand properties in C#

properties are nothing but natural extension of data fields

Here is an simple example which explain diff between code using properties and not using properties .

With out using properties

using System;
class MyClass
{
private int x;
public void SetX(int i)
{
x = i;
}
public int GetX()
{
return x;
}
}
class MyClient
{
public static void Main()
{
MyClass mc = new MyClass();
mc.SetX(10);
int xVal = mc.GetX();
Console.WriteLine(xVal);//Displays 10
}
}

Syntax for properties

{
get
{
}
set
{
}
}

Where can be private, public, protected or internal. The can be any valid C# type. Note that the first part of the syntax looks quite similar to a field declaration and second part consists of a get accessor and a set accessor.

If we use properties, the code sample will be

using System;
class MyClass
{
private int x;
public int propertyValue
{
get
{
return x;
}
set
{
x = value;
}
}
}
class MyClient
{
public static void Main()
{

MyClass mc = new MyClass();
mc.propertyValue = 10;
int xVal = mc.propertyValue;
Console.WriteLine(xVal);//Displays 10
}
}

mc.propertyValue = 10; // calls set accessor of the property propertyValue, and pass 10 as value of the standard field 'value'.
This is used for setting value for the data member x.
.

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