How to manipulate the 'value' when Setting a property value

I have the following property in a class:

'Language
Private _Language As String = ""
Public Property Language() As String
    Get
        If _Language <> "" Then
            _Language = _Language.Remove(0, 9)
            _Language = _Language.Remove(_Language.Length - 3, 3)
        End If
        Return _Language
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        _Language = "<![CDATA[" & value & "]]>"
    End Set
End Property

The problem is that when I try to set the property like this:

myClass.Language = "English"

The property is set to "English" and not to "<![CDATA[English]]>" which is what I want.

What is the reason for that and how can I fix it?

Update: When placing a break point on End Set and use the Watch window to inspect the value of _Language 开发者_JAVA百科after setting the property to "English" it remains "English" and doesn't change.

I suspect that the property is actually being set correctly, but the context by which you are viewing the value is hiding the CDATA portion.

Please place a break point on End Set and use your Watch 1 window to inspect the value of _Language after setting the property to English.

Your getter is wrong. It's modifying the property value! Change the setter value to something else is not recommended because then a Set/Get/Set will not work.

Basically you design is not great. I would reconsider this.