Nested class with static property access issue from outside c#

Question

i have one main class and with in this main class i have another class A. class A has few static property and when i tried to access those static property from outside but getting error....not being possible

here is my classes structure

 public class EShip
{
    class Credentials
    {
        private static string _accessKey = "aaa";
        private static string _accessPwd = "xxx";
        private static string _accountNumber = "2222";

        public static string AccessKey
        {
            get { return _accessKey; }
        }

        public static string AccessPassword
        {
            get { return _accessPwd; }
        }

        public static string AccountNumber
        {
            get { return _accountNumber; }
        }
    }

    public static Credentials Credential
    {
        { get; }
    }
}

i try to expose that inner class by a main class property and from outside i try to do like

EShip.Credentials.AccessKey
EShip.Credentials.AccessPassword

it is not getting possible......suggest me good approach and why i am stuck. thnx.

Please don't make us guess the error

Snowbear
– Snowbear

2012-11-09 13:13:13 +00:00
Commented Nov 9, 2012 at 13:13 — Snowbear
– Snowbear, Commented Nov 9, 2012 at 13:13

Tim Schmelter · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-09 13:14:55Z

2

Class Credentials is not public, therefore it's not accessible. Change that and you're able to do:

String key = EShip.Credentials.AccessKey;

Access Modifiers (C# Programming Guide)

answered Nov 9, 2012 at 13:14

Tim Schmelter

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Thomas Over a year ago

do i need to make the Credentials class public. due to security reason i do not want to do so.....any way out?

Mohnkuchenzentrale Over a year ago

You could create a wrapperclass that displays the values that should be visible in public

Tim Schmelter Over a year ago

You have made your property public anyway. Apart from that, why do you make it static? That means you have only one account in your program.

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