.NET Object as Property of another object?

[Joe Barbara]

I want to make an object called Object1 and and Object called Object2

Object1 has properties x and y

Object2 contains Object1 as a property



should I be able to do:

Object2.Object1.x

As I would have with COM?




or should I have to do

Object2.Object1 = new Object1(x,y)




When are references allowed in .NET? I can make both cases work and I like
the COM style, but is that improper since this is .NET with no references?


Comments thoughts?

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Joe,

It really doesn't matter how you do it. You can have your property
allow itself to be set by providing code for the set section of the property
declaration.

Or, you can have your class generate the instance of Object1, and then
return that through the Object1 property (not requiring a set). It's up to
you, and how you want to design your class.

Hope this helps.

 

[james]

If object1 is public you can do this as you have described it.

class Object2
{
private _object1 = null;
public Object2
{
_obj1 = new Object1();
}

public Object1 Object1 { get { return _object1;} set { _object1 =
value; } }

}

your app

obj2 = new Object2()

obj2.Object1.x = "yyyy";

JIM