CA1721: Property names should not match get methods

The name of a public or protected member starts with 'Get' and otherwise matches the name of a public or protected property. For example, a type that contains a method that is named 'GetColor' and a property that is named 'Color' violates this rule.

Get methods and properties should have names that clearly distinguish their function.

Naming conventions provide a common look for libraries that target the common language runtime. This reduces the time that is required to learn a new software library, and increases customer confidence that the library was developed by someone who has expertise in developing managed code.

Change the name so that it does not match the name of a method that is prefixed with 'Get'.

Do not suppress a warning from this rule.

Note
This warning may be excluded if the Get method is caused by implementing IExtenderProvider interface.

The following example contains a method and property that violate this rule.

using System;

namespace NamingLibrary
{
    public class Test
    {
        public DateTime Date
        {
            get { return DateTime.Today; }
        }
         // Violates rule: PropertyNamesShouldNotMatchGetMethods.
        public string GetDate()
        {
            return this.Date.ToString();
        }
    }
}

CA1024: Use properties where appropriate