Object Initializers - CSharp Custom Type

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Introduction

To simplify object initialization, any accessible fields or properties of an object can be set via an object initializer directly after construction.

For example, consider the following class: 

public class Animal
{
  public string Name;
  public bool LikesCarrots;
  public bool LikesHumans;

  public Animal () {}
  public Animal (string n) { Name = n; }
 }

Using object initializers, you can instantiate Animal objects as follows: 

 // Note parameterless constructors can omit empty parentheses
Animal b1 = new Animal { Name="a", LikesCarrots=true, LikesHumans=false };
Animal b2 = new Animal ("a")     { LikesCarrots=true, LikesHumans=false };

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