Is it possible to create an attribute targeted at a field that will
automatically create get/set properties for that field given a property name?


I envision the code would look like this:

[CreatPropertyAttribute("TextName","public","get/set")]
private string _name;
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Then this code would be created at runtime:

public string TextName
{
get { return _name; }
set { _name=value; }
}
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I am trying to better understand custom attributes and how they might
simplify my life. Is my proposed attribute possible or am I missing the
concept completely?

Thanks for any help.
-Keith

Keith,

>Is it possible to create an attribute targeted at a field that will
>automatically create get/set properties for that field given a property name?

No, that would require extending the compiler (or some kind of
pre-processing of the source file).



Mattias

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