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Tools for refactoring C# public fields into properties

I have a lot of C# code that uses public fields, and I would like to convert them to properties.

I have Resharper, and it will do them one by one, but this will take forever.

Does anyone know of an automated refactoring tool that can help with this?

Solution

  • Resharper does it very quickly, using Alt+PageDown / ALt+Enter (with the default key bindings). If you are at the first field, Alt+PageDown will jump to the next one (since it'll include wrapping public fields as a suggested refactoring), and Alt+Enter will prompt you to wrap it in a property.

    Since you most likely want to avoid a full blanket wrapping of all properties, this is probably the quickest approach. It's quite fast to do this to a class, since it jumps exactly where you need to go...