iv.7.2.3-properties.md

IV.7.2.3 Properties

The standard library contains many types that have properties. However, as recorded in the XML, their ILAsm signatures are incomplete. Consider the read-write instance property System.Collections.ArrayList.Capacity. Its ILAsm signature is defined in the XML as follows:

.property int32 Capacity {
  public hidebysig virtual specialname int32 get_Capacity()
  public hidebysig virtual specialname void set_Capacity(int32 value)
}

However, this is an abbreviation of the ILAsm syntax. The complete (and correct) signature for this property is as follows:

.property instance int32 Capacity() {
  .get instance int32 ArrayList::get_Capacity()
  .set instance void ArrayList::set_Capacity(int32)
}
.method public hidebysig newslot specialname virtual instance int32
       get_Capacity() { … }
.method public hidebysig newslot specialname virtual instance void
       set_Capacity(int32 'value') { … }

As a second example, consider the readonly static property System.DateTime.Now; its ILAsm signature is defined in the XML as follows:

.property valuetype System.DateTime Now {
  public hidebysig static specialname valuetype System.DateTime
    get_Now()
}

However, the complete (and correct) signature for this property is:

.property valuetype System.DateTime Now() {
  .get valuetype System.DateTime DateTime::get_Now()
}
.method public hidebysig specialname static valuetype System.DateTime
   get_Now() { ... }

All other properties (including those that are indexed) are formatted in the XML in a similar abbreviated manner.