Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step, 10th Edition

Chapter 15

Implementing properties to access fields

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Encapsulate logical fields by using properties.

• Control read and write access to properties by declaring get accessors and set accessors.

• Explain the restrictions of properties.

• Create interfaces that declare properties.

• Implement interfaces containing properties by using structures and classes.

• Generate properties automatically based on field definitions.

• Use properties to initialize objects.

• Implement records based on property values.

This chapter looks at how to define and use properties to encapsulate fields and data in a class. Previous chapters emphasized that you should make the fields in a class private and provide methods to store ...