#797 – Setting Accessibility for Property Accessors

By default, the accessibility of a property accessor matches the accessibility of the property itself.  You can also explicitly set the accessibility of an accessor, within certain limitations.

When setting the accessibility of a property accessor:

• You can’t make an accessor more accessible than the property itself
• You can’t specify the exact same accessibility on the accessor as the property
• The property must have both get and set accessors defined
• You can only set accessibility on one of the accessors, not both
• You can’t set the accessibility of an accessor on a property in an interface
• When overriding a virtual property in a parent class, you must replicate the accessibility of the accessors in the parent’s class exactly

The bottom line–you can make one of the accessors a bit more restrictive than the other.

        public string Name { get; protected set; }