Elegant way of reading a child property of an object

Question

Say you are trying to read this property

var town = Staff.HomeAddress.Postcode.Town;

Somewhere along the chain a null could exist. What wo

Answer 1

@Oded's and others' answers still hold true in 2016 but c# 6 introduced the null-conditional operator which provides the elegance you are after.

using System;

public class Program
{
    public class C {
        public C ( string town ) {Town = town;}
        public string Town { get; private set;}
    }
    public class B {
        public B( C c ) {C = c; }
        public C C {get; private set; }
    }
    public class A {
        public A( B b ) {B = b; }
        public B B {get; private set; }
    }
    public static void Main()
    {
        var a = new A(null);
        Console.WriteLine( a?.B?.C?.Town ?? "Town is null.");
    }
}