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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":".NET property not accessible in derived classes where only the setter or the getter has been overridden","articleBody":"### Environment\r\n\r\n-   Pythonnet version: 2.5.2\r\n-   Python version: 3.7\r\n-   Operating System: Windows 10\r\n-   .NET Runtime: 4.8\r\n\r\n### Details\r\n\r\n-   Let's create a simple base class that exposes a property, then create a derived class that overrides the setter, but not the getter (that is supposed to be as it was defined in the base class)\r\n\r\n```C#\r\nnamespace PythonNetTest\r\n{\r\n    public class BaseClass\r\n    {\r\n        protected string name = \"noname\";\r\n\r\n        public virtual string Name { get =\u003e name; set =\u003e name = value; }\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    public class DerivedClass : BaseClass\r\n    {\r\n        public override string Name { set =\u003e base.Name = value.ToUpper(); }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\n-   Let's now use the above classes in Python\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport clr\r\nclr.AddReference(\"PythonNetTest\")\r\nfrom PythonNetTest import BaseClass, DerivedClass\r\n\r\nd = DerivedClass()\r\nb = BaseClass()\r\n\r\nb.Name = 'BaseClass Name'\r\nd.Name = 'DerivedClass Name'\r\n\r\nprint(b.Name)   # ok\r\nprint(d.Name)   # TypeError: property cannot be read\r\n```\r\n\r\n-   Here the `print(d.Name)` will rise the exception `TypeError: property cannot be read`.\r\n-   As a workaround it is possible to use `print(d.GetType().BaseType.GetProperty('Name').GetValue(d))` instead, but it is not one would expect.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/spynetcamera","@type":"Person","name":"spynetcamera"},"datePublished":"2021-05-13T20:43:05.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/1455/pythonnet/issues/1455"}