C# Tutorial 6
In this part of my C# tutorial we cover public, private, protected, constants, read-only fields, constructors, setters, getters, properties and more on static. I’m taking my time to make sure everyone completely understands object oriented programming in C#. We are getting near the end of the basic syntax and will start doing fun stuff soon.
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// ----- Animal.cs ----- using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; // We cover public, private, protected, constants, // read-only fields, constructors, setters, getters, // properties and more on static namespace CSharpTutA.cs { class Animal { // Define fields that are protected with private // Private fields can only be accessed by // methods in the class and they are not // accessible by subclasses // protected fields can only be accessed by // methods in the class and by subclasses private string name; private string sound; // You can define constants public const string SHELTER = "Derek's Home for Animals"; // You can define read-only fields that are set // at runtime in constructors, but then can't // be changed public readonly int idNum; // Method (Capabilities) public void MakeSound() { Console.WriteLine("{0} says {1}", name, sound); } // Default constructor public Animal() :this("No Name", "No Sound") { } // Constructor called if only name is passed // this passes the parameters to the next // constructor public Animal(string name) : this(name, "No Sound") { } // Constructor that receives parameters public Animal(string name, string sound) { SetName(name); Sound = sound; // Increment the number of animals // property NumOfAnimals = 1; // Define the read-only value which is // the same for all Animals Random rnd = new Random(); idNum = rnd.Next(1, 2147483640); } // Setters (Mutators) protect the fields // from receiving bad data public void SetName(string name) { // Any checks if any character in the string // is a number and if so returns true // Since we won't allow numbers we will // protect our data if (!name.Any(char.IsDigit)) { this.name = name; } else { // We have this duplicated code because // everything isn't a property this.name = "No Name"; Console.WriteLine("Name can't contain numbers"); } } // Getters (Accessors) can provide output // aside from the value stored public string GetName() { return name; } // The preferred way to define getters and // setters is through properties public string Sound { get { return sound; } set { // value is assigned the value passed in if (value.Length > 10) { sound = "No Sound"; Console.WriteLine("Sound is too long"); } else { sound = value; } } } // You can have the getters and setters // generated for you like this and also // set the default value public string Owner { get; set; } = "No Owner"; // You can also define static properties public static int numOfAnimals = 0; public static int NumOfAnimals { get { return numOfAnimals; } set { numOfAnimals += value; } } } } // ----- Program.cs ----- using System; namespace CSharpTutA.cs { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Animal cat = new Animal(); // Call the setter cat.SetName("Whiskers"); // Set the property cat.Sound = "Meow"; Console.WriteLine("The cat is named {0} and says {1}", cat.GetName(), cat.Sound); // Test auto generated getters and setters cat.Owner = "Derek"; Console.WriteLine("{0} owner is {1}", cat.GetName(), cat.Owner); // Get the read-only id number Console.WriteLine("{0} shelter id is {1}", cat.GetName(), cat.idNum); // Test static property Console.WriteLine("# of Animals : {0}", Animal.NumOfAnimals); Console.ReadLine(); } } } |
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