title: get method for a readonly member in C#
body: <p>I have a class definition in which a readonly member is defined.</p>
  
  <pre><code>private readonly Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt; map = new Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt;();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now in order to test my design, I want to access this member outside its class definition. I was thinking of providing a <code>get</code> method but unable to write an error free syntax.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to assign value to a member(using <code>new</code>) and still able to define its <code>get</code> method?</p>
  
  <p>PS: I am new to C# language.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong>
  I have not written the code, its just a statement I have copied from an already written module. I have made some design changes in the module and want to test it with minimal changes possible in the code, so for that I was looking to get the readonly access of this member outside the class.</p>