C# Language Tutorial => Auto-implemented properties

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Auto-implemented properties were introduced in C# 3.
An auto-implemented property is declared with an empty getter and setter (accessors):

public bool IsValid { get; set; }

When an auto-implemented property is written in your code, the compiler creates a private anonymous field that can only be accessed through the property's accessors.

The above auto-implemented property statement is equivalent to writing this lengthy code:

private bool _isValid;
public bool IsValid
{
    get { return _isValid; }
    set { _isValid = value; }
}

Auto-implemented properties cannot have any logic in their accessors, for example:

public bool IsValid { get; set { PropertyChanged("IsValid"); } } // Invalid code

An auto-implemented property can however have different access modifiers for its accessors:

public bool IsValid { get; private set; }

C# 6 allows auto-implemented properties to have no setter at all (making it immutable, since its value can be set only inside the constructor or hard coded):

public bool IsValid { get; }    
public bool IsValid { get; } = true;

For more information on initializing auto-implemented properties, read the Auto-property initializers documentation.

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