What is the best practice for using public fields?

Question

When I write a class I always expose private fields through a public property like this:

private int _MyField;
public int MyField
{ get{return _MyField; }
         


        

Answer 1

I recommend using something similar to this:

public class Result{  
    public bool Result {  get; protected set; }
    public string Message {  get; protected set; }

    public Result(bool result, string message) {
        Result = result;
        Message = message;
    }
}

This way, you don't need to declare member variables, let the compiler do the work for you! The code is very clean and short, and refactoring is a breeze.