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Why is it impossible to override a getter-only property and add a setter?
Let's say that I got the following interfaces:
public interface IMessage
{
bool KeepAlive { get; }
}
public interface IRequest : IMessage
{
bool KeepAlive { get; }
}
The problem is that I want the IReponse
interface to have a setter:
public interface IReponse : IMessage
{
bool KeepAlive { get; set; }
}
- Why isn't that allowed?
- What kind of problems can I get if I do
new bool KeepAlive { get; set; }
.
Update:
I read the other question and it says that it's not expected that the property will change. I do not agree. Let's take for instance Socket.Connected
property. It has only a getter, but it CAN be changed. What a readonly property says is that the property can only be changed from within the implementation.