VB.net automatic property - readonly?

Question

is it possible (and how) to make a readonly automatic property in VB 2010?

Public Class Foo  
  Public Property Value As Integer  
  Public Sub New()  
      _Value = 123
  End Sub  
End Class  

problem is that users can write to the property. thanx

Answer 1

It is now supported in VB14 (Visual Studio 2015 and later):

Public Class Foo  
    Public ReadOnly Property Value As Integer = 123
End Class  

See https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/wiki/New-Language-Features-in-VB-14#read-only-auto-properties

In earlier versions, you need to create a backing field.

Answer 2

No, VB.Net does not support readonly auto properties. See this MS Connect issue for the reasoning behind this (specifically the comment made by Jonathan Aneja).

Answer 3

No, it isn't possible. You will have to create an explicit backing field.