Question

What is the difference between these two snippets?

Public Property UserName As String

and

Public Property User As String
    Get
        Return _User
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        _User = value
    End Set
End Property

I am sorry if this is a duplicate or stupid question. I am not used to VB.NET, I’m more used to C#. I am trying to translate this into C# and I have no room for mistakes.

Answer 1

There’s no difference. The first is just the short version of the second.

But if you want to restrict the setter or do something more in the properties than to get/set the variable, you need to use the second version.

So it’s the same as (in C#)

public string UserName { get; set; }

Auto-Implemented Properties (Visual Basic)

Auto-Implemented Properties (C# Programming Guide)