可以绑定自动实现的属性吗？

Question

I have a property in a complex object such as this:

public string startHour
{
    get
    {
        return StartTime != null ? ((DateTime) StartTime).ToString("%h") : "";
    }
    set { startHour = value; }
}

My question is: Can this be bound in a HiddenFor to a form, and still post back? Would look like this:

@Html.HiddenFor(m => Model.startHour)

I'm asking this because I'm using automatic properties in a complex object in my model, and the complex object is returning null, so could this cause a problem?

I've looked up 100+ questions related to my problem, and afaik I'm doing everything right.

Answer 1

Used private properties for auto-implemented properties, works perfectly now.