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copied!<p>I have been refactoring the codebase of the project that I am currently on so that classes/interfaces which are not useful beyond the confines of the assembly should be declared as internal (rather than public). But I've run into a problem with the following code:</p> <pre><code>internal interface IFirstInterface { ... } internal interface ISecondInterface { IFirstInterface First{ get; } ... } public class Implementer : ISecondInterface { public IFirstInterface First {get; private set;} ... } </code></pre> <p>My questions:</p> <ol> <li><p>Why do members of internal interfaces have to be publicly implemented? If you implement the interface on an internal class, shouldn't the implemented members be internal? This is not a big issue since the interface members won't be publicly accessible anyway, given the class is internal. It just seems counter intuitive.</p></li> <li><p>The main problem is with the scenario above since I cannot have a public getter for IFirstInterface since it is purportedly an internal interface i.e. I get the following error from the compiler:</p></li> </ol> <blockquote> <p>Inconsistent accessibility: property type 'IFirstInterface' is less accessible than property 'Implementer.First'</p> </blockquote> <p>Is there any way around this?</p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: I realise that there is probably little value in this refactoring exercise but I thought it would be a good way for me to understand more deeply the implications of the internal modifier.</p>

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