Convert Method to Property refactoring

This refactoring helps you convert methods with return values and without parameters to properties with the corresponding get accessor, and methods with void return type and exactly one parameter to properties with the corresponding set accessor.

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The reverse functionality is available with the Convert Property to Method(s) refactoring refactoring.

Consider the following example:

class Student
{
  private string _faculty;
  public string GetFaculty()
  {
    return _faculty;
  }
  public void SetFaculty(string f)
  {
    _faculty = f;
  }
}

class Student
{
  private string _faculty;
  public string Faculty
  {
    get { return _faculty; }
  }
  public void SetFaculty(string f)
  {
    _faculty = f;
  }
}

If there is an existing property with a single accessor and the converted method has compatible parameter type or return type, the refactoring can add the second accessor to the existing property:

class Student
{
  private string _faculty;
  public string Faculty
  {
    get { return _faculty; }
  }
  public void SetFaculty(string f)
  {
    _faculty = f;
  }
}

class Student
{
  private string _faculty;
  public string Faculty
  {
    get { return _faculty; }
    set { _faculty = value; }
  }
}

This feature is supported in the following languages and technologies:

The instructions and examples given here address the use of the feature in C#. For details specific to other languages, see corresponding topics in the ReSharper by language section.