Can We Specify the Access Modifiers for the Get and Set Accessors in a Property

Arun Choudhary

14y1.8kVisual Basic .NET

Hi
Can we specify the access modifiers for the get and set accessors in a property ?

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Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman14y ago
Yes.I was wrong. Vulpes is correct. You can have it in get accessors as well
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Vulpes14y ago
Santhosh,

Although it's seldom done, you can use a different accessor for the 'get' as well.

The following compiles and runs fine:

using System;

class Test
{
int myInt;

public int MyInt
{
private get {return myInt;}
set { myInt = value;}
}

public int MyIntPlusOne
{
get {return myInt + 1;}
}

static void Main()
{
Test t = new Test();
t.MyInt = 3;
Console.WriteLine(t.MyIntPlusOne); // 4
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
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Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman14y ago
Yes you can. But only for set.

private DataTable _countries;

        public DataTable Countries
        {
            get
            {
                return _countries;
            }
            private set
            {
                _countries = value;
            }
        }

also

public DataTable Countries
        {
            get
            {
                return _countries;
            }
            protected set
            {
                _countries = value;
            }
        }

and also

public DataTable Countries
        {
            get
            {
                return _countries;
            }
            internal set
            {
                _countries = value;
            }
        }
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Vulpes14y ago
By default both the get and set accessors share the same access as the property itself.

However, you can use a different access modifier on either the get or set accessor provided that this does not make it more accessible than the property itself.

For example, in a public property, you could make the set accessor internal or private.
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