C# and Visual Basic allow for a simplified property declaration called auto-implemented properties. With this feature, you can declare a property without having to declare a local private field to back the property. Instead, the compiler does this for you. This can be useful when you do not need logic inside the property’s assessors.
For example, suppose you want to define the property Name
on the Employee
class. You can declare this property without setting a private field variable, as shown here.
C#
public string Name { get; set; }
VB
Public Property Name As String
Notice that there is no logic in the get
or set
statements. Instead, the compiler creates an anonymous field to back the property for you.