C# automatic properties - is it possible to have custom getter with default setter?

Question

It\'s possible I shouldn\'t even be attempting this in the first place, but here\'s what I have so far:

public List AuthorIDs
{
    get
    {
             


        

Answer 1

if you want to do it your way, just do the following:

private List authorIDs;
public List AuthorIDs
{
    get
    {
        var l = new List();
        using (var context = new GarbageEntities())
        {
            foreach (var author in context.Authors.Where(a => a.Books.Any(b => b.BookID == this.BookID)).ToList())
            {
                l.Add(author.AuthorID);
            }
        }
        return l;
    }

    set{authorIDs = value; //this does not make much sense though ... what are you trying to do by setting authorIDs?
}
}

but just like others are saying, this is an overkill for a property, put it in the method, something like

public List GetAuthorIDs(int bookId)
    {
            var l = new List();
            using (var context = new GarbageEntities())
            {
                foreach (var author in context.Authors.Where(a => a.Books.Any(b => b.BookID == bookId)).ToList())
                {
                    l.Add(author.AuthorID);
                }
            }
            return l;
        }