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Expression Bodied Methods and Properties |
Expression Bodied Methods and Properties
You can declare methods and properties as a lambda expression, without the need for a statement block. Intended for simple implementations, this syntax is more concise than declaring a regular method or property in that it eliminates the need for some of the curly braces and the use of an explicit return statement.
Here is an example of a regular method declaration:
public Point CreatePoint(int x, int y)
{
return new Point(x, y);
}
The following gives the same result, but is written as an expression bodied method:
public Point CreatePoint(int x, int y) => new Point(x, y);
You can also declare properties with this syntax. The following code is how we declare a get-only property without a lambda expression:
public Point Location
{
get
{
return _location;
}
}
Through an expression-bodied method, we can shrink this code down to only one line:
public Point Location => _location