Private 'set' in C# - having trouble wrapping my brain around it

Question

I\'ve seen a lot of example code written using something like (please forgive how horribly canned this is):

public class Test
{
   public object Thingy { get; pr         


        

Answer 1

Basically, it is a readonly property. If it was written in full (not as an auto property) you would simply leave out the setter.

Two examples that are largely the same:

class Foo1
{
   public int Id { get; private set; }
   public Foo1()
   {
       Id = lastId ++;
   }
}

class Foo2
{
   private int _id;  // could be readonly 
   public int Id { get { return _id; } }
   public Foo2()
   {
       _id = lastId ++;
   }
}