Is there a way to intercept setters and getters in C#?

Question

In both Ruby and PHP (and I guess other languages as well) there are some utility methods that are called whenever a property is set. ( *instance_variable_set*

Answer 1

As far as I know, you have to use a backing field and put the call to the other method inside the setter thusly:

public class Person {
    private string firstName;
    private string lastName;

    public string FirstName {
        set { 
            DoSomeStuff();
            firstName = value;
        }
        get { return firstName; }
    }

    public string LastName { 
        set {
            DoSomeStuff();
            lastName = value;
        }
        get { return lastName; }
    }
}