Summary of properties in C#

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Data Access, Properties, and Methods - slide 11 : 29

Summary of properties in C#

 modifiers return-type property-name{
  get {body-of-get}
  set {body-of-set}
}

Property characteristics
- Provides for either read-only, write-only, or read-write access
- Both instance and class (static) properties make sense
- Property setting appears on the left of an assignment, and in ++ and --
- Trivial properties can be defined "automatically"
- Properties should be fast and without unnecessary side-effects

A C# property will often have the same name as a private data member

The name of the property is capitalized - the name of the data member is not