.NET - define a new control instance's properties in short way?

In general, if we have to create new control instance, we will do the following:

Literal ltl= new Literal(); 
ltl.ID = "ltlControl1";
ltl.Text = "SomeText";
PlaceHolder.Controls开发者_开发问答.Add(ltl);

But is it possible define the properties like that to shorten the syntax?

Literal ltl= new Literal( ID = "ltlControl1", Text = "SomeText"); 

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Yes, by using the object initializer syntax. You're close; substitute the parentheses with curly braces to assign the properties.

Literal ltl = new Literal { ID = "ltlControl1", Text = "SomeText" }; 

For more information refer to Object and Collection Initializers.

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You can do the following with C# object initializers.

var ltl = new Literal {
    ID = "ltlControl1",
    Text = "SomeText"
};

Placeholder.Controls.Add(ltl);

Or even shorter if you don't need the ltl variable.

Placeholder.Controls.Add(new Literal {ID="ltlControl1", Text="SomeText"});