Setting a default value for C# Auto-implemented properties

Andrew Rissing

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12 Jan 2012CPOL

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After describing it so much, I felt the need to go ahead and implement it. So here goes...using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.ComponentModel;using System.Linq.Expressions;using System.Reflection;namespace DefaultValue{ /// /// The...

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1. Setting a default value for C# Auto-implemented properties

7 Jan 2012Oleg Shilo

While leaving aside the performance penalties, it is a reasonable approach to make code cleaner.Though you can further benefit from the extension methods:public static void InitDefaults(this object o){ PropertyInfo[] props = o.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public |...

2. Setting a default value for C# Auto-implemented properties

7 Jan 2012OriginalGriff

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One of the things missing from C# is the ability to set a default value of auto-implemented properties. You can set a default for variable backed properties, and you can set them for the designer. This does it for you.

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Setting a default value for C# Auto-implemented properties

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