C# properties: how to use custom set property without private field?

Question

I want to do this:

public Name {     get;     set     {         dosomething();         ??? = value     } } 

Is it possible to use the auto-generated private field?
Or is it required that I implement it this way:

private string name; public string Name {     get     {         return name;     }     set     {         dosomething();         name = value     } } 

Answer 1

Once you want to do anything custom in either the getter or the setter you cannot use auto properties anymore.

Answer 2

You can try something like this:

public string Name { get; private set; } public void SetName(string value) {     DoSomething();     this.Name = value; }