Properties in C#

In the C#, Property is a member of a class that provides a flexible mechanism for classes to expose private fields which is special methods called accessors. A C# property has two accessors, get property accessor and set property accessor

Usage of C# Properties

• C# Properties can be read-only or write-only.
• We can have logic while setting values in the C# Properties.
• We make fields of the class private so that fields can't be accessed from outside the class directly. Now we are forced to use C# properties for setting or getting values.

C# Properties Example

   using System;  
   public class EmployeeInfo  
    {  
        private string Name;  
        public string Name1  
        {  
            get  
            {  
                return Name;  
            }  
            set  
            {  
                Name = value;  
            }  
        }  
   }  
   public class AnotherClassEmployeeInfo{  
       public static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            EmployeeInfo objEmployeeInfo = new EmployeeInfo();  
            objEmployeeInfo.Name1 = "Sylvia Neupane";  
            Console.WriteLine("Employee Name: " + objEmployeeInfo.Name1);  
        }  
    }  

Output

Employee Name: Sylvia Neupane

C# Properties Example 2: having logic while setting value

   using System;  
   public class EmployeeInfo  
    {  
        private string Name;  
        public string Name1  
        {  
            get  
            {  
                return Name;  
            }  
            set  
            {  
               Name = value+" FindAndSolve";  
            }  
        }  
   }  

   public class AnotherClassEmployeeInfo{  
       public static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            EmployeeInfo objEmployeeInfo = new EmployeeInfo();  
            objEmployeeInfo.Name1 = "Sylvia Neupane";  
            Console.WriteLine("Employee Name: " + objEmployeeInfo.Name1);  
        }  
    }  

Output

Employee Name: Sylvia Neupane FindAndSolve

C# Properties Example 3: read-only property

   using System;  
   public class EmployeeInfo  
    {  
        private static int counter;  
        public EmployeeInfo()  
        {  
            counter++;  
        }  
        public static int Counter 
        {  
            get  
            {  
                return counter;  
            }  
         }  
   }  
  public class AnotherclassEmployeeInfo{  
       public static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            EmployeeInfo e1 = new EmployeeInfo();  
            EmployeeInfo e2 = new EmployeeInfo(); 
            EmployeeInfo e3 = new EmployeeInfo();  
            Console.WriteLine("No. of Employees: " + EmployeeInfo.Counter);  
        }  
    }  

Output

No. of Employees: 3