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Note

The .NET base class libraries always favor type properties over traditional accessor and mutator methods

when encapsulating field data. Therefore, if you wish to build custom types that integrate well with the .NET plat-

form, avoid defining traditional get and set methods.

Controlling Visibility Levels of Property Get/Set Statements

Prior to .NET 2.0, the visibility of get and set logic was solely controlled by the access modifier of the

property declaration:

// The get and set logic is both public,

// given the declaration of the property.

public string SocialSecurityNumber

{

get { return empSSN; }

set { empSSN = value; }

}

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In some cases, it would be useful to specify unique accessibility levels for get and set logic. To

do so, simply prefix an accessibility keyword to the appropriate get or set keyword (the unqualified

scope takes the visibility of the property’s declaration):