One of the frequently asked questions in interview is “What are the new features added in C# 3.0”.
Following are the new feature added in C# 3.0
1. Automatic Properties
Automatic properties provide you with a shorthand method for defining a new property.
public class AutomaticProperties
{
// Automatic Properties
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
// Normal Property
private decimal _Price;
public decimal Price
{
get { return _Price; }
set { _Price = value; }
}
}
2. Initializers
we can use initializer to reduce the amount of work it takes to create the new instance of a class. Syntax is like that.
public class Product
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public decimal Price { get; set; }
}
Product product2 = new Product {Id=1, Name=”Laptop Computer”, Price=40000.00 };
In C# 2.0 we have to initialize like this
Product product1 = new Product();
product1.Id = 1;
product1.Name = “Laptop Computer”;
product1.Price = 40000.00;
3. Type Inference
We can create the variable like JavaScript. C# Compiler determine the type of variable at compile time.
For example in C#, we can write like this
var message = “Hello World!”;
4.Anonymous Types
Anonymous Types are essentially compiler generated types
Anonymous types are useful when
- you don’t want to do the work to create the class.
- You don’t know the return data type
For example, I can write like this
Var customer=new Customer {FirstName=”Chandradev” LastName=”Prasad”}
5.Lambda Expression
It is used to wired of the event. For example,if you want to programmatically wire up the click event handler to button Control. Then we can write like this.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Init()
{
BtnSubmit.Click += (Sender, e) => lblMsg.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
}
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