c# Initializing Inner properties

Question

I have two classes:

public class TmpClass
{
    public TmpClass() 
    {
        InnerClass = new InnerClass();
    }

    public InnerClass InnerC { get; set; }
}

public class InnerClass
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

And is it possible to initialize property of InnerClass like this, becouse in this way VS2010 cannot does it.

TmpClass a = new TmpClass()
{
    InnerC.Name = "blabla"
}

have you considered using the constructors? – Jens Kloster Feb 18 '13 at 14:22 — Jens Kloster, Feb 18 '13 at 14:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '13 at 14:22

Use next code snippet:

TmpClass a = new TmpClass
{
    InnerC = new InnerClass { Name = "Name" }
};

Note, that statement new TmpClass will call a constructor by default. Also note: you have wrong constructor declaration. Change TmpClass constructor to next code sample, so that it will compile:

public TmpClass() 
{
    InnerC = new InnerClass();
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '13 at 14:24

0

TmpClass a = new TmpClass()
{
    InnerC = new InnerClass
    {
        Name = "blabla"
    }
}

answered Feb 18 '13 at 14:24

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