Property Accessibility

C# provides a standard set of accessibility modifiers for use on class members.

public string Category { get; set; }

• Use public to grant access to the property from any code. this is very common, especially for properties that are defined in a business layer component, and are displayed and edited in a user component.

protected string Category { get; set; }

• Protected most use often when working with inheritance and base class.

internal string Category { get; set; }

• Internal limits access to only the component in which the property is defined.

protected internal string Category { get; set; }

• Protected internal limits access to the same component and to inheritance classes.

private string Category { get; set; }

• Private limits access to only the class in which the property is declared.