Getter and Setter not working

Question

I currently have the following class with getters and setters as such

public class CustAccount
{
    public string Account { get; set; }        private string account;
    public string AccountType { get; set; }    private string accountType;

    public CustSTIOrder(Account ord)
    {
        account = ord.Account;
        accountType = ord.AccountType;
    }
}

Now I realize that with public string Account { get; set; } I do not need to declare private string account . Anyways now my private variable account contains the value but when I use Account to obtain the value I get a null. Any suggestions on why I am getting a null ?

Answer 1

Since you're using an auto property, you should be using Account for all references to the property.

If you're looking to use a backing field, then you'll need to have the backing field (account) in the get and set.

Example:

public string Account 
{ 
    get { return account; }
    set { account = value; }
}        
private string account;

Example of use for the auto property:

public CustSTIOrder(Account ord)
{
    Account = ord.Account;
    // the rest
}