Question

I have code similar to this:

class Foo {    List<Bar> _myList;    ...    public IEnumerable<Bar> GetList() { return _myList; } } 

The result of GetList() should NOT be mutable.

To clarify, it is ok if instances of Bar are modified.
I simply want to make sure the collection itself is not modified.

I’m sure I read an answer somewhere on SO where someone pointed this was possible, but for the life of me, I can’t find it again.

Answer 1

The answers already provided will work absolutely fine, but I just thought I’d add that you can use the AsReadOnly extension method in .NET 3.5, as such:

class Foo {    List<Bar> _myList;    ...    public ReadOnlyCollection<Bar> GetList() { return _myList.AsReadOnly(); } }