Re: [DotGNU]C# properties virtual by default?

[Rhys Weatherley]

S11001001 wrote:

> Something has come up in development, as I have considered subclasses. Are
> properties virtual by default?

Nope.  They are just like fields.  The following is a
non-virtual instance property:

public int Name { get { ... } }

However, there is a small wrinkle in C#.  If the class
is implementing an interface that declares a property
or method, then the definition in the class will get the
virtual attribute automatically.  e.g.

interface I
{
    int Name;
}

class A : I
{
    public int Name { get { ... } }
}

In this case, the declaration in A is virtual.

Cheers,

Rhys.