I am sort of new to C#. Currently have a private property called
"_name" in a class. I have written a public getter and setter routine
for it called "Name".

Currently, the getter for the property does some data manipulation
before it returns the value. I wanted to add another getter to this
property that would returnt the "Raw" value (what is stored in _name).


Example:
myObject.Name.Raw --returns the raw data

Any ideas would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

Either:
a) Wrap the returned item into another class which has a Raw property and a
Value property.
or
b) Create a separate getter: myObject.NameRaw

"Jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am sort of new to C#. Currently have a private property called
> "_name" in a class. I have written a public getter and setter routine
> for it called "Name".
>
> Currently, the getter for the property does some data manipulation
> before it returns the value. I wanted to add another getter to this
> property that would returnt the "Raw" value (what is stored in _name).
>
>
> Example:
> myObject.Name.Raw --returns the raw data
>
> Any ideas would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
>

First off, you don't have a property called "_name". You have a class
member or field called "_name" which you are exposing with a property called
"Name".

No property can have more than one getter and/or setter. If you want to
expose the raw value separately then you have to create another property
with a different name, such as RawName. There are no limitations about
where a property getter derives the values it returns, so multiple
properties can access the same class member if needed.

The syntax you describe, myObject.Name.Raw, would require that Name expose a
class or structure with a property of its own called Raw. And then your
doctored property would have to be exposed in the same way, e.g.,
myObject.Name.Doctored, since Name would only return a reference to the
class instance that implements Name.

--Bob

"Jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am sort of new to C#. Currently have a private property called
> "_name" in a class. I have written a public getter and setter routine
> for it called "Name".
>
> Currently, the getter for the property does some data manipulation
> before it returns the value. I wanted to add another getter to this
> property that would returnt the "Raw" value (what is stored in _name).
>
>
> Example:
> myObject.Name.Raw --returns the raw data
>
> Any ideas would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
>

Or.. make it an overloaded method (assuming Processed() is a function that
processes the raw value into a finished value):

public string Name(bool ReturnRaw)
{
if ( ReturnRaw )
return _Name;
else
return Processed(_Name);
}
public string Name()
{
return Name(false);
}


"Sean Hederman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Either:
> a) Wrap the returned item into another class which has a Raw property and
> a Value property.
> or
> b) Create a separate getter: myObject.NameRaw
>
> "Jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am sort of new to C#. Currently have a private property called
>> "_name" in a class. I have written a public getter and setter routine
>> for it called "Name".
>>
>> Currently, the getter for the property does some data manipulation
>> before it returns the value. I wanted to add another getter to this
>> property that would returnt the "Raw" value (what is stored in _name).
>>
>>
>> Example:
>> myObject.Name.Raw --returns the raw data
>>
>> Any ideas would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>

Good point. There's ALWAYS another way to skin a cat ;D

"RCS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Or.. make it an overloaded method (assuming Processed() is a function that
> processes the raw value into a finished value):
>
> public string Name(bool ReturnRaw)
> {
> if ( ReturnRaw )
> return _Name;
> else
> return Processed(_Name);
> }
> public string Name()
> {
> return Name(false);
> }
>
>
> "Sean Hederman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cuambh$dgs$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Either:
>> a) Wrap the returned item into another class which has a Raw property and
>> a Value property.
>> or
>> b) Create a separate getter: myObject.NameRaw
>>
>> "Jimbo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I am sort of new to C#. Currently have a private property called
>>> "_name" in a class. I have written a public getter and setter routine
>>> for it called "Name".
>>>
>>> Currently, the getter for the property does some data manipulation
>>> before it returns the value. I wanted to add another getter to this
>>> property that would returnt the "Raw" value (what is stored in _name).
>>>
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> myObject.Name.Raw --returns the raw data
>>>
>>> Any ideas would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>