Different level of accessors for class and enum

January 8, 2023

I need to keep my enumeration internal and I need to keep my class style public. How to handle in this situation?

public class Style : VisionItem, BaseItem
{
    public string TargetType { get; set; }
    public string FontFamily { get; set; }
    public int FontSize { get; set; }
    public StyleType Type { get; set; }
}

internal enum StyleType
{
    TextCss,
    TextJs
}

I received such error: Inconsistent accessibility: property type ‘StyleType’ is less accessible than property ‘Style.Type’

>Solution :

The type Style can be public, but external code can’t see the Type property. eg

public class Style : VisionItem, BaseItem
{
    public string TargetType { get; set; }
    public string FontFamily { get; set; }
    public int FontSize { get; set; }
    internal StyleType Type { get; set; }
}

internal enum StyleType
{
    TextCss,
    TextJs
}