Summary of indexers in C#

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Summary of indexers in C#

 modifiers return-type this[formal-parameter-list]
  get {body-of-get}
  set {body-of-set}
}

Indexer characteristics
- Provide for indexed read-only, write-only, or read-write access to data in objects
- Indexers can only be instance members - not static
- The indexing can be based on one, two or more formal parameters
- Indexers can be overloaded
- Indexers should be without unnecessary side-effects
- Indexers should be fast