Overloading properties in C#
- by end-user
Ok, I know that property overloading is not supported in C# - most of the references explain it by citing the single-method-different-returntype problem. However, what about setters? I'd like to directly assign a value as either a string or object, but only return as a string.
Like this:
public string FieldIdList
{
get { return fieldIdList.ToString(); }
set { fieldIdList = new FieldIdList(value); }
}
public FieldIdList FieldIdList
{
set { fieldIdList = value; }
}
private FieldIdList fieldIdList;
Why wouldn't this be allowed? I've also seen that "properties" simply create getter/setter functions on compile. Would it be possible to create my own? Something like:
public void set_FieldIdList(FieldIdList value)
{
fieldIdList = value;
}
That would do the same thing. Thoughts?
