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Learn C# in 7 days

You're reading from   Learn C# in 7 days Get up and running with C# 7 with async main, tuples, pattern matching, LINQ, regex, indexers, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787287044
Length 306 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Day 01 - Overview of the .NET Framework FREE CHAPTER 2. Day 02 - Getting Started with C# 3. Day 03 - What's New in C# 4. Day 04 - Discussing C# Class Members 5. Day 05 - Overview of Reflection and Collections 6. Day 06 - Deep Dive with Advanced Concepts 7. Day 07 - Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with C# 8. Day 08 - Test Your Skills – Build a Real-World Application

Modifiers


Modifiers are nothing but special keywords in C# that are used to declare how a specific method, property, or variable could be accessible. In this section, we will discuss modifiers and discuss their usage with the use of code examples.

Note

The whole point of modifiers is encapsulation. It's about how objects get simplified by encapsulations, and modifiers are like knobs saying how much you want to show to some clients, and how much not to. To understand encapsulation, refer to day seven, Encapsulation.

Access modifiers and accessibility levels

Access modifiers tell us how and where a member, declared type, and so on can be accessed or available. The following discussion will give you a broader idea of all access modifiers and accessibility levels.

public

A public modifier helps us define the scope of the member without any restrictions. This means if we define any class, method, property, or variable with a public access modifier, the member can be accessed without any restrictions...

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