Why do I need a private field that is exposed via public property?

Question

I\'m comming from Java world mainly. So, C# properties do look nice.

I know that with C# 3.0 or above I can use Automatic Properties. I like it even more :).

Answer 1

In this case you don't require it. If you ever need to do anything else in the setter or getter, though, the automatic property won't work -- you'll need the private field to manipulate.