initializing properties with private sets in .Net
- by Martin Neal
public class Foo
{
public string Name { get; private set;} // <-- Because set is private,
}
void Main()
{
var bar = new Foo {Name = "baz"}; // <-- This doesn't compile
/*The property or indexer 'UserQuery.Foo.Name' cannot be used
in this context because the set accessor is inaccessible*/
using (DataContext dc = new DataContext(Connection))
{
// yet the following line works. **How**?
IEnumerable<Foo> qux = dc.ExecuteQuery<Foo>(
"SELECT Name FROM Customer");
}
foreach (q in qux) Console.WriteLine(q);
}
I have just been using the private modifier because it works and kept me from being stupid with my code, but now that I need to create a new Foo, I've just removed the private modifier from my property. I'm just really curious, why does the ExecuteQuery into an IEnumerable of Foo's work?
