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Property vs. Method
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14/10/2008 14:45:21
Mike Cole
Yellow Lab Technologies
Stanley, Iowa, United States
 
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ASP.NET
Category:
Other
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Environment:
C# 2.0
OS:
Vista
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01354904
Message ID:
01354924
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>>>>>The age old questions. Should I use a property or a method? Is one faster than the other?
>>>>
>>>>?? A property is a piece of information. A method DOES something. Very different.
>>>
>>>Property:
>>>
>>>public bool IsMyBirthDay
>>>{
>>>  get{return DateTime.Today == new DateTime(1976, 1, 15);}
>>>}
>>>
>>>
>>>Method:
>>>
>>>public bool IsMyBirthDay()
>>>{
>>>  return DateTime.Today == new DateTime(1976, 1, 15);
>>>}
>>>
>>
>>My inclination would be to use a method for this. But you've highlighted the issue in question - there's no simple answer although, in general, I don't like putting too much logic in get/set's.
>
>That is also my rule of thum, not to put to much logic into get (and set), but for some reason I start second guessing myself every 2-3 months and today is one of those days when I started second guessing myself :)
>Thanks for the reply

I'm the same way, and it's hard to draw a line between when to use one or the other. I guess it's all a matter of programming standards.
Very fitting: http://xkcd.com/386/
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