Question

When I instantiate a new entity, it looks like this:

var myEntity = new MyEntity() 
{
    Field1 = "myValue",
    Field2 = "myOtherValue",
    ...
}

This avoids having to write myEntity.Field1 many time.

But when I have to update multiple properties, I don’t know any way to avoid the repetition of code. So at the moment, I do like this:

myEntity.Field1 = "myNewValue";
myEntity.Field2 = "myOtherNewValue";
...

Does C# allow any more concise way of updating multiple properties?

Answer 1

Check out the C# with keyword equivalent. It’s a bit sloppy, but it is the closest you can get to the VB.NET With statement.

Also take a look at this blog post: Simple equivalent of “With” statement in C#