Question

I have the following getter and setter method:

    private Ansprechpartner partner;
    public virtual Ansprechpartner Partner
    {

        get
        {
            if (partner == null)
            {
               // something like partner = " ";
            }
            return partner;  
        }
        set
        {
            partner = value;
        }
    }

In the if clause i want to set partner = ” “. But of course this isn’t working, cause partner is a Typ a the class Ansprechpartner.

Is there a way to do something equivalent, so that partner returns an empty string if (partner == null)?

Please help

Answer 1

is Ansprechpartner your own class?

If it is, than you can return your own defenition of an “empty” Ansprechpartner

return Ansprechpartner.Empty;

and then define the empty property

public class Ansprechpartner
{

    public static Ansprechpartner Empty
    {
         get
         {

          //generate an empty Ansprechpartner and return it here

         }
    }