Overriding the Defaults in a struct (c#)

Question

Is it possible to set or override the default state for a structure?

As an example I have an

enum something{a,b,c,d,e};

and a struc

Answer 1

There is a workaround to make this happen by using custom Property getters. Observe:

public struct Foostruct
{
    private int? _x;
    private int? _y;

    public int X
    {
        get { return _x ?? 20; } // replace 20 with desired default value
        set { _x = value; }
    }

    public int Y
    {
        get { return _y ?? 10; } // replace 10 with desired default value
        set { _y = value; }
    }
}

This will only work for value types (which can be wrapped with nullable) but you could potentially do something similar for reference types by wrapping them in a generic class like below:

public class Wrapper
{
    public TValue Value { get; set; }
}

public struct Foostruct
{
    private Wrapper _tick;

    public Tick Tick
    {
        get { return _tick == null ? new Tick(20) : _tick.Value; }
        set { _tick = new Wrapper { Value = value }; }
    }
}