Intro to Property Pattern — C# 8.0

Microsoft has launched a property pattern in C# 8.0 version, which is an excellent way to compare object properties.

Prerequisites

Please understand the new switch syntax introduced in C# 8.0, which helps to understand the current article example much better.
New Switch syntax with C# 8.0

Getting Started

The property pattern permits you to match on properties of the object measured.

Single property class

public class Calculate
{
    public string multiplyBy { get; set; }
}

Basic property pattern syntax

The following example covers a new switch case with property class, where the property variable is accessed inside {} braces. So if the string property value is ten times, then multiply the price by ten, and return the price using lambda expressions.

The “_” symbol represents the default case. **Refer new switch syntax**

private static decimal ComputeOverallPrice(Calculate calculate, decimal price) =>

calculate switch
{

    { multiplyBy: "10 times" } => 10 * price,

    { multiplyBy: "5 times" } => 5 * price,

    { multiplyBy: "20 times" } => 20 * price,

    _ => 0M

};

Multiple property class

Let us consider a class with multiple properties and utilize those in pattern matching.

public class CalculateMultipleProperty
{
    public string multiplyBy { get; set; }
    public bool isAdditionApplicable { get; set; }
}

Multiple property pattern matching syntax

So basically, if the second property, i.e., “isAdditionApplicable,” is true, we add 100 more to result in price. The following example covers a new switch case with property class, where the property variable is accessed inside {} braces.

Multiple properties are accessed comma-separated inside the {} braces.

The “_” symbol represents the default case. **Refer new switch syntax**

private static decimal ComputeOverallPriceMultiple(CalculateMultipleProperty calculate, decimal price) =>
calculate switch
{
    {multiplyBy:"10 times",isAdditionApplicable:true}=>10*price + 100,

    {multiplyBy:"5 times",isAdditionApplicable:true}=>5*price + 50,

    {multiplyBy:"20 times",isAdditionApplicable:true}=>20*price + 70,

     _ => 0M
};