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I came to know that C# 3.0 comes with a new feature of Auto-Implemented Properties,I liked it as we don't have to declare extra private varible in this (compare to earlier property), earlier I was using a Property i.e.
private bool isPopup = true;
public bool IsPopup
{
get
{
return isPopup;
}
set
{
isPopup = value;
}
}
Now I've converted it into Auto-Implemented property i.e.
public bool IsPopup
{
get; set;
}
I want to set the default value of this property to true without using it not even in page_init method, I tried but not succeeded, Can anyone explain how to do this?
You can initialize the property in the default constructor:
public MyClass()
{
IsPopup = true;
}
With C# 6.0 it is possible to initialize the property at the declaration like normal member fields:
public bool IsPopup { get; set; } = true; // property initializer
It is now even possible to create a real read-only automatic property which you can either initialize directly or in the constructor, but not set in other methods of the class.
public bool IsPopup { get; } = true; // read-only property with initializer
Attributes specified for an auto property do not apply to the backing field, so an attribute for a default value won't work for this type of property.
You can, however, initialize an auto property:
VB.NET
Property FirstName As String = "James"
Property PartNo As Integer = 44302
Property Orders As New List(Of Order)(500)
C# 6.0 and above
public string FirstName { get; set; } = "James";
public int PartNo { get; set; } = 44302;
public List<Order> Orders { get; set; } = new List<Order>(500);
C# 5.0 and below
Unfortunately, C# versions below 6.0 do not support this, so you have to initialize the default values for auto properties in the constructor.
Have you tried DefaultValueAttribute
using System.ComponentModel;
[DefaultValue(true)]
public bool IsPopup
{
get
{
return isPopup;
}
set
{
isPopup = value;
}
}
You can use default property value like below
One advantage of this method is you don't need to check null values for Boolean types
using System.ComponentModel;
public class ClassName
{
[DefaultValue(true)]
public bool IsPopup{ get; set; }
}