Auto-properties with mutable objects

Question

I'm trying to make properties for mutable objects. Is this a problem with Auto-properties? For example, the following code would allow for unwanted manipulation of the mutable object. How would I avoid this?

public class Mutable{
    public int Value { get; set; }
}

public class ClassWithMutable{
    public Mutable Object { get; }

    public ClassWithMutable(){
        this.mutable = new Mutable();
        this.mutable.Value = 0;
    }
}

public class Demo{
    public static void Main(String[] args){
        ClassWithMutable test = new ClassWithMutable();
        Mutable o = test.Object;
        o.Value = 1;
    }
}

Answer 1

You could use an interface that only exposes the get of the properties, and a private class that implements it.

public interface IImmutable {
    int Value { get; }
}

public class ClassWithImmutable{

    private Mutable _object;        
    public IImmutable Object { get { return _object; } }

    public ClassWithImmutable(){
        this._object = new Mutable();
        this._object.Value = 0;
    }

    private class Mutable : IImmutable {
        public int Value { get; set; }
    }

}

public class Demo{
    public static void Main(String[] args){
        ClassWithImmutable test = new ClassWithImmutable();
        IImmutable o = test.Object;
        o.Value = 1;    // fails
    }
}