Looking for a short & simple example of getters/setters in C#

Question

I am having trouble understanding the concept of getters and setters in the C# language. In languages like Objective-C, they seem an integral part of the system, bu

Answer 1

Internally, getters and setters are just methods. When C# compiles, it generates methods for your getters and setters like this, for example:

public int get_MyProperty() { ... }
public void set_MyProperty(int value) { ... }

C# allows you to declare these methods using a short-hand syntax. The line below will be compiled into the methods above when you build your application.

public int MyProperty { get; set; }

or

private int myProperty;
public int MyProperty 
{ 
    get { return myProperty; }
    set { myProperty = value; } // value is an implicit parameter containing the value being assigned to the property.
}