readonly properties in an interface show up as get_PropertyName method

[Michael Welch]

I've defined an interface called IDevice.

public interface IDevice
{
string DeviceLabel {get; set;}
string HostName {get; }
string TCPAddress {get; }
string MACAddress {get; }
bool Online {get; set;}
int CheckInsMissed {get; set;}
long TimeInterval {get; set;}
DateTime CheckInTime {get; set;}
}

You'll notice that three of the properties are read-only (Only a get accessor
is specified).

I've implemented this interface in a class called Device.

In my client code I create a new device but only access it through the IDevice
interface.

public class Device : IDevice
{
// not all code shown
public string HostName
{
get
{
return _hostName;
}
}

public string TCPAddress
{
get
{
return _tcpAddress;
}
}

}

An example of client code:

IDevice myDevice = new Device('constructor parameters);

Here is the problem. My readonly properties don't show up. Instead only
the accessor methods show up.

Here is more detail. If I use the object browser to examine IDevice I see
all my properties. If I use the object browser to examine the Device class
I see all my properties. If I drill down into Bases and Interfaces for the
Device class and view IDevice my readonly properties don't show up, instead
I see the get methods in there place. So I get a compile time errors when
I try to access my readonly properties through IDevice. The message tells
me to use the get accessors directly.

What have I done wrong in my defintions?

Thanks,
Michael

[Michael Welch]

>Here is the problem. My readonly properties don't show up. Instead only
>the accessor methods show up.
>

Nevermind. This is the third problem I've posted to this newsgroup, that
must be a result of something funky on my machine.

I rebuilt the project that contained my interface and everything is fine
now. This is a great learning tool (made me review everything about interfaces
again), but its starting to waste a significant amount of time.

Michael