What is the { get; set; } syntax in C#?

Question

I am learning ASP.NET MVC and I can read English documents, but I don't really understand what is happening in this code:

public class Genre {     public string Name { get; set; } } 

What does this mean: { get; set; }?

Answer 1

It's a so-called auto property, and is essentially a shorthand for the following (similar code will be generated by the compiler):

private string name; public string Name {     get     {         return this.name;     }     set     {         this.name = value;     } }