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

Question

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

Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman · Answer

Yes.I was wrong. Vulpes is correct. You can have it in get accessors as well

Vulpes · Answer

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(); } }

Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman · Answer

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; } }

Vulpes · Answer

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.