property in a class

[vijaysambhe]

Hi ,

Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?

public class abc
{
string name;

public string Name
{
set
{
name = value;
}
}
public abc()
{
}
}


abc myclass1 = new abc()
abc.Name="google";

or

should I always populate through constructor or any other method of
class abc?

thanks

Vijay

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?

<snip>

Absolutely - that's what most writable properties look like.

or

should I always populate through constructor or any other method of
class abc?

Well, if you want to create an immutable type you need to pass
everything to the constructor, but if you're okay with mutability,
there's nothing wrong with using a writable property.

Jon

 

[vijaysambhe]

Thanks Jon for your prompt reply.

regards
Vijay

<snip>

Absolutely - that's what most writable properties look like.



Well, if you want to create an immutable type you need to pass
everything to the constructor, but if you're okay with mutability,
there's nothing wrong with using a writable property.

Jon

 

[Family Tree Mike]

I think you made a typo below. It should be:

abc myclass1 = new abc();
myclass1.Name="google"; // apc.Name will not be correct...

 

[Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )]

Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with that

or

should I always populate through constructor or any other method of
class abc?

It depends of the class, if the class needs to ALWAYS have a value for
a given property then you use yor constructor for that.
Also providing a constructor with parameters let you do something
like:
callAMethod( new MyClass( ......) );
without having to create an instance of MyClass (note that in 3.5 this
is no longer valid).

BTW, to a class like yours it's usually called to have a "chatty
interface"