Why can I use a collection initializer with private set access from another class?

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Your statement works because the collection initialization syntax uses the Add() method to add the items to the collection rather than setting the member to a new instance of a collection. Essentially, your code is the equivalent of:

var order = new Order();
order.Items.Add(new OrderItem());
order.Items.Add(new OrderItem());

Which is fine since you only ever use the getter method.

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