Possible to convert C# get,set code to C++

Question

I have the following code in C#:

public string Temp
        {
            get { return sTemp; }
            set { 
                sTemp = value;
                this.ComputeTemp();
            }
        }

Is it possible to convert this and use the get and set this way? I know that you cannot declare like so and I need the ":" to declare but when I try to do this:

public:
        std::string Temp
        {
        get { return sTemp; }
        set { 
                sTemp = value;
                this.ComputeTemp();
            }

The error I receive is on the first "{" stating expected a ';' . Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Answer 1

Are you using C++/CLI? If so this is the property syntax

public:
  property std::string Temp { 
    std::string get() { return sTemp; }
    void set(std::string value) { sTemp = value; this->ComputeTemp(); } 
  }

If you are trying to use normal C++ then you are out of luck. There is no equivalent feature for normal C++ code. You will need to resort to getter and setter methods

public:
  std::string GetTemp() const { return sTemp; } 
  void SetTemp(const std::string& value) { 
    sTemp = value;
    this->ComputeTemp();
  }

Answer 2

To copy paste one of my answers from a similar question:

WARNING: This is a tongue-in-cheek response and is terrible!!!

Yes, it's sort of possible :)

template<typename T>
class Property
{
private:
    T& _value;

public:
    Property(T& value) : _value(value)
    {
    }   // eo ctor

    Property<T>& operator = (const T& val)
    {
        _value = val;
        return(*this);
    };  // eo -

    operator const T&() const
    {
        return(_value);
    };  // eo ()
};

Then declare your class, declaring properties for your members:

class Test
{
private:
    std::string m_Test;

public:
    Test() : text(m_Test)
    {
    };

    Property<std::string> text;
};

And call C# style!

Test a;
a.text = "blah";

std::string content = a.text;

Answer 3

In Visual C++ you can use __declspec(property) , like this:

public:
    __declspec(property(get=get_Temp, put=set_Temp)) std::string Temp;

    const std::string& get_Temp { return sTemp; }
    void set_Temp(std::string value) { 
            sTemp = std::move(value);
            this->ComputeTemp();
    }