Shorthand Accessors and Mutators

Question

I am learning C#, and am learning about making fields private to the class, and using Getters and Setters to expose Methods instead of field values.

Are the ge

Answer 1

Yes, the Method2 is the way to go when you have a custom getter and setter function. By default when you use Method1, there will be a default private property handled internally. Please refer this URL for more details.

Sample:

string _name;

public string Name 
{
    get => _name;
    set => _name = value;
}

Answer 2

Yes, Method 1 is a shortcut to Method 2. I suggest using Method 1 by default. When you need more functionality, use Method 2. You can also specify different access modifiers for get and set.