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:

• Objects hide thei

Answer 1

Actually by using a Property e.g.

public class Temp
{
   public int SomeValue{get;set;}
   public void SomeMethod()
   {
     ... some work
   }
}

You are hiding its data as there is an implicit variable to store the value set and returned by the SomeValue property.

If you have

public class Temp
{
   private int someValue;
   public int SomeValue
   {
     get{ return this.someValue;}
     set{ this.someValue = value;}
   }
   public void SomeMethod()
   {
     this.someValue++;
   }
}

Then you'll see what I mean. You're hiding the object's data someValue and restricting access to it using the SomeValue proiperty.