Property or Public Variable

[mahivr]

hi,

in my 3 tier project i want to set some values in another layer( ex :Business layer). which is best method to assign values. GET SET property or creating public variable(s) in Business layer for holding the values?

[Dave Sell]

Property's are more natural in use than member functions, and considered better programming practice than public variables.

Public variables are a no-no.

[mendhak]

Obviously, a public property, because you can place some logic in your get/set blocks at any time.

[Dave Sell]

And by logic, that usually means validation logic; as in: "is this value appropriate?"

[mahivr]

yes
Property's are more natural in use than member functions, if i want to assign more values to bussiness layer member i should create more property is it correct. suppose i have 20 values to assign for business layer, then there should be 20 property members in my Bussiness layer? is this is applicatble?

[CommanderEl]

by applicatble im going to assume you mean a mixture of acceptable/applicable.
yes, perfectly acceptable
more readable than public variables and better programming practice.
it makes sense to add these to the business layer