Is it possible to wrap a property setter directly with a delegate?

I tried the following without success. I don't want to have to code a separate method just so I can pass the setter function to another class as I'm going to be doing this a lot.

public class MyClass
{
   public delegate void SetStringDelegate( string value);

   public string MyProperty
   {
      get{ return myProperty; }
      set{ myProperty = value; }
   }

   public void DoTest()
   {
      /* This gives compile error "cannot explicitly call ... accessor" */
      SetStringDelegate SetString = new SetStringDelegate( set_MyProperty);

      /* This gives compile error "Property ... used like ... Method" */
      SetStringDelegate SetString2 = new SetStringDelegate( MyProperty)
   }
}

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Is it possible to wrap a property setter directly with a delegate?

RahulGangwar
No it's not. You will need to have a separate method.

However, how about suggesting that this be implemented on the Microsoft Product Feedback Center.
DoomGoober
Will do. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something first.
magrute
It's already been requested and denied . I voted, but unless a lot of people tell MS it's important, it aint gonna happen.

The request is at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx feedbackid=e9496dee-5fab-41eb-882c-247898daa19d

The good news is that there are a couple of workarounds. One looks like it'll work for me. The other uses reflection which I'm afraid will add too much overhead (I'll be doing this a lot.)
Is it possible to wrap a property setter directly with a delegate?

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