Does VB.NET support automatic property getters and setters?

Question

In C #, I can do this:

public string myProperty { get; private set; }

This is called an “auto receiver / setter” (from what I heard). Does VB.NET support these? So far, with my properties, all I can do is:

 Public Property myProperty As String Get Return String.Empty End Get Private Set(ByVal value As String) somethingElse = value End Set End Property

which is extremely awkward.

So ... is there a better way?

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qJake Apr 7 '11 at 14:37

2 answers

This comes only from framework 4.0 (2010)

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pingoo Apr 7 '11 at 14:42

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-07T14:40:07+0000

Yes.

 Public Property MyProperty As String

However, you can only make it ReadOnly in VB 14 (vs 2015) or newer.