Question

What would be the best way to implement the following?

I have a collection of objects that implement an interface, internally I want to be able to expose set and get on the properties and externally only get.

Here’s an example of the sort of thing I want… That does’t compile.

public interface ITable {    string Name { get; } }  internal interface IInternalTable  {    string Name { get; set; } }  internal class Table : ITable, IInternalTable {    public string Name { get; set; }    public string ITable.Name { get { return Name; } } }  public class Database {     private List<IInternalTable> tables;      public List<ITable>     {        get { return this.tables; }     } } 

Answer 1

Use this:

public interface ITable {     string Name { get; } }  public class Table : ITable {     public string Name { get; internal set; } }  public class Database {     public List<ITable> Tables { get; private set; } } 

Note: The accessibility modifier used on a get or set accessor can only restrict visibility not increase it.