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== Noncompliant Code Example

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public class Foo
{
  public int MagicNumber = 42; 
}
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== Compliant Solution

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public class Foo
{
  public int MagicNumber 
  { 
    get { return 42; }
  }
}
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or 

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public class Foo
{
  private int MagicNumber = 42; 
}
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== Exceptions

``++struct++``s are ignored, as are ``++static++`` and ``++const++`` fields in classes. 

Further, an issue is only raised when the real accessibility is ``++public++``, taking into account the class accessibility.