Code inspection: Auto-property accessor is never used (private accessibility)

This inspection reports private auto-properties that have nominal usages, but may not do anything meaningful because one of their accessors is never used.

Here is an example that illustrates the issue in a simple case:

        
class Post
{
    // Set in the constructor but never read
    private string Name { get; set; }

    // Read once but the value is never set
    private bool NeedsReview { get; set; }

    Post(string name) => Name = name;

    void FlagReview()
    {
        if(NeedsReview)
            Console.WriteLine("Please review");
    }
}

    

Last modified: 04 November 2024