Not quite an Attribute, not quite a Method. Stereotypes? <<get>> <<set>>?
I’m retro-modelling an existing system, so I need to clearly reflect that this is not the same as a readonly field or a methods pair (regardless of what the IL says), so I think I’ll go with the stereotype, but I’ll accept the language independant get_ set_ as a general solution. Thanks all for the sanity test.
Properties are just a convenient way of writing
get_MyValue()andset_MyValue(value)allowing assignment rather than the normal method calling (using parenthesis).What you are accessing is actually a .NET property, C# has its own syntax for accessing these. Since under the skin the real
get_andset_methods are created, so you could simply show those methods (to make your UML language independent – e.g. make your UML equally applicable to a VB.NET developer)… or as you have suggested, introduce your own stereotype!