Property's public get and pretected set. Can I do it?

[ThunderMusic]

Hi,
The behavior I want to have is the following. For a property of my
class, I want the derived classes to be able to set it, but I don't want
instances of the class to be able to set it. I tried to split the property
by puting the Get section in public and the set section in protected, but it
is not allowed by the compiler. Is there a solution?

thanks

 

[Samuel R. Neff]

This is a new feature in the next version of vb.net 2005 but is not
available with the current 2003 version.

Create a sub for the setter instead of a real property.

Sam

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

Just a idea. Not the prettiest solution to your problem but it will work.
The users of your class can only set it it, and they can only instantiate
the public class. Let me know if this work.

Friend Class TestGetSet
Public Property TestGetSet() As Boolean
Get
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Boolean)
End Set
End Property
End Class
Public Class TestReadOnly
Shadows ReadOnly Property TestGetSet() As Boolean
Get
End Get
End Property
End Class

Chris

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

Errrr, nevermind.... not my day today. You can not inherit from a friend
class because it would expand the access of the class. I forgot to put the
inherits line in my haste to create it. Sorry

Chris

 

[ThunderMusic]

Ok, I went with your solution.

When is VS2005 due? Will it cost about the same price as VS 2003? will the
code be compatible (for most of it)? Is there a page where I can find the
info?

thanks

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

When is VS2005 due?

This year. There's a beta and various other prerelease versions
available now, and another beta coming up in the next couple of
months.

Will it cost about the same price as VS 2003?

I don't think any pricing has been announced.

will the code be compatible (for most of it)?
Yes


Is there a page where I can find the info?

http://www.msdn.com/vs2005/



Mattias