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vijaysambhe - 28 May 2008 16:22 GMT

Hi ,

Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?

public class abc
{
string name;

public string Name
{
set
{
name = value;
}
}
public abc()
{
}
}

abc myclass1 = new abc()
abc.Name="google";

or

should I always populate through constructor or any other method of
class abc?

thanks

Vijay

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP] - 28 May 2008 16:31 GMT

> Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?

<snip>

Absolutely - that's what most writable properties look like.

> or
>
> should I always populate through constructor or any other method of
> class abc?

Well, if you want to create an immutable type you need to pass
everything to the constructor, but if you're okay with mutability,
there's nothing wrong with using a writable property.

Jon

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vijaysambhe - 28 May 2008 16:51 GMT

Thanks Jon for your prompt reply.

regards
Vijay

> > Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?
>
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>
> Jon

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Family Tree Mike - 28 May 2008 17:52 GMT

I think you made a typo below. It should be:

abc myclass1 = new abc();
myclass1.Name="google"; // apc.Name will not be correct...

> Hi ,
>
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>
> Vijay

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Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) - 28 May 2008 22:09 GMT

> Can i populate the class variables in following fashion?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with that

> or
>
> should I always populate through constructor or any other method of
> class abc?

It depends of the class, if the class needs to ALWAYS have a value for
a given property then you use yor constructor for that.
Also providing a constructor with parameters let you do something
like:
callAMethod( new MyClass( ......) );
without having to create an instance of MyClass (note that in 3.5 this
is no longer valid).

BTW, to a class like yours it's usually called to have a "chatty
interface"

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