Question

Having the following class:

public class SomeClass
{
    private readonly int[] _someThings;

    public SomeClass()
    {
        _someThings = new int[4];
    }

    public int[] SomeThings
    {
        get { return _someThings; }
    }
}

How would I use the object initializer syntax to initialize the SomeThings property like in the following (non-working) code extract?

var anObject = new SomeClass
    {
        SomeThings[0] = 4,
        SomeThings[3] = 8
    }

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Update

One could do (even without a set property):

anObject.SomeThings[0] = 4;
anObject.SomeThings[3] = 8;

But I’m trying to use the object initializer syntax.

Answer 1

Theoretically you could do it this way:

var anObject = new SomeClass {
    InitialSomeThings = new[] {
         1,
         2,
         3,
         4
    }
}

class SomeClass {
    private readonly int[] _somethings;
    public int[] 
       get { return _somethings; }
    }

    public int[] InitialSomeThings {
       set { 
           for(int i=0; i<value.Length; i++)
               _somethings[i] = value[i];
       }
   }
}