Can a class property/field be of anonymous type in C# 4.0?

Question

As in:

public class MyClass {

  private static var MyProp = new {item1 = \"a\", item2 = \"b\"};

}

Note: The above doesn\'t compile nor wo

Answer 1

It sounds like you could be asking one or two questions so I'll try and address them both.

Can a class field be strongly typed to an anonymous type

No. Anonymous type names cannot be stated in C# code (hence anonymous). The only way to statically type them is

1. Generic type inferencee
2. Use of the var keyword

Neither of these are applicable to the field of a type.

Can a class field be initialized with an anonymous type expression?

Yes. The field just needs to be declared to a type compatible with anonymous types: object for example

public class MyClass { 
  private static object MyProp = new {item1 = "a", item2 = "b"}; 
}