What are Auto-Implemented Properties in .NET?

In .NET 3.0, these were created to make coding easier and quicker. When you define a property previously, you had to put in code to store the value in a private variable. With AIP, you don't need to do that. In the below example, FirstName is using the traditional way of properties whereas Surname is an Auto-Implemented Property.

public class Person
{
    private string m_strFirstName = "";
    public string FirstName
    {
        get { return m_strFirstName; }
        set { m_strFirstName = value; }
    }
    public string Surname { get; set; }
    public string FullName()
    {
        return m_strFirstName + " " + Surname;
    }
}

class Program
{
        static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Person A = new Person();
        A.FirstName = "Joe";
        A.Surname = "Bloggs";
        Console.WriteLine("Employee :- " + A.FullName().ToString());
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

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Last Modified : June 2023