Clean Code: Should Objects have public properties?

Question

I\'m reading the book \"Clean Code\" and am struggling with a concept. When discussing Objects and Data Structures, it states the following:

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Answer 1

Like other posts in this thread I'll point out that properties in C# are just special cases of accessor functions that you mention. In fact you can fine the get_Property and set_Property methods in the IL on your object that have a flag that indicates they are properties, the same is true for events which implement add_ and remove_ prefixed methods.

One important distinction when dealing with abstractions is whether setting the property is going to act on the object other than just updating the internal state or throwing a PropertyChanged exception.

If you look at a lot of the internal BCL objects, the properties are implemented in such a way that you can set all the properties in any order to configure the object. If any complex processing is done, then usually a method that describes what is going to happen is a better choice.