Question

With an object initializer, is it possible to optionally include setting of property?

For example:

Request request = new Request
{
    Property1 = something1,
    if(something)
        Property2 = someting2,                                      
    Property3 = something3
};

Answer 1

Not that I’m aware of. Pretty sure your only option is to do it like this:

Request request = new Request
{
    Property1 = something1,
    Property3 = something3
};
if(something)
    request.Property2 = someting2;

Or you could do it like this if there’s a default/null value you can set it to:

Request request = new Request
{
    Property1 = something1,
    Property2 = something ? someting2 : null,
    Property3 = something3
};