Question about Unity serialization and auto-implemented properties

Hello,

I was just curious about how you guys are exposing the values of your types derived by MonoBehavior.

Form 1. Always use fields.

Code (csharp):

1. public float SomeValue;
2.  
3. [SerializeField]
4. private float _someValue;

Form 2. Use auto-implemented properties. (in case you need encapsulation logic)

Code (csharp):

1. public float SomeValue
2. {
3.   get { return _someValue; }
4.   protected set { _someValue = value; }
5. }
6.  
7. [SerializeField]
8. private float _someValue;

Are you guys always use the first form for exposing your values on the inspector ?
Or would you favor this in case you need to set a protection level on a backing field or encapsulation logic the second form ?
Or would you use a mix of the two ?

Thanks!

 

mostly the second one and set the poperty in OnValidate() to ensure validation when the value is changed in the inspector.
BTW your example isnt auto implemented ;-)

 

True.

Auto-implemented is basically ...

Code (csharp):

1. public string SomeValue { get; set; }

But to me the second example was equivalent in the functionality so i somewhat included it in the boat