C# getter and setter shorthand

Question

If my understanding of the internal workings of this line is correct:

public int MyInt { get; set; }

Then it behind the scenes does this:

Answer 1

I have created a custom Property class to do common operations like that. I haven't used it thoroughly yet though, but it could be used in this scenario.

Code can be found here: http://pastebin.com/RWTWNNCU

You could use it as follows:

readonly Property _myInt = new Property();
public int MyInt
{
    get { return _myInt.GetValue(); }
    set { _myInt.SetValue( value, SetterCallbackOption.OnNewValue, SetDirty ); }
}

private void SetDirty( int oldValue, int newValue )
{
    IsDirty = true;
}

The Property class handles only calling the passed delegate when a new value is passed thanks to the SetterCallbackOption parameter. This is default so it can be dropped.

UPDATE:

This won't work apparently when you need to support multiple types (besides int), because the delegate won't match then. You could ofcourse always adjust the code to suit your needs.