Vb.Net Properties Syntax

Question

I have asked my colleagues at work and even tried to look up this on the internet but I haven't been able to get an answer.

What is the difference between

Public Property Name As String

and

Public Property Name() As String

What difference makes adding () after the property name?

Answer 1

First of all you may find it that Property has many similarities to Methods. from this prospective, parenthesis in Property used for parameters. if a Property has no parameter you can omit it. following is the full property declaration syntax:

[Default] [Modifiers] Property PropertyName[(ParameterList)] [As DataType]
[AccessLevel] Get
    ' Statements of the Get procedure.
    ' The following statement returns an expression as the property's value.
    Return Expression
End Get
[AccessLevel] Set[(ByVal NewValue As DataType)]
    ' Statements of the Set procedure.
    ' The following statement assigns newvalue as the property's value.
    LValue = NewValue
End Set
End Property

You may find valuable tips in following links: What is the difference between a parameterized property and function in vb.net? AND https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e8ae41a4.aspx