What C# naming scheme can be used for Property & Member that is CLS compliant?

Question

Consider the following code that is not CLS Compliant (differs only in case):

protected String username;

public String Username { get { return username;} set { username = value; } }

So i changed it to:

protected String _username;

public String Username { get { return _username;} set { _username = value; } }

Which is also not CLS-compliant (has leading underscore).

Is there any common naming scheme for members/properties that doesn't violate cls compliance

Answer 1

Rather than exposing the backing field, make your property virtual so inheritors can override the functionality without exposing the implementation of your backing field.

private String username;

public virtual String Username { get { return username;} set { username = value; } }

Inherits shouldn't have to know anything your classes implementation.

See Best way to expose protected fields