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Having a strange issue with some C# code - the Getter method for a property is showing up as virtual when not explicitly marked. The problem exhibits with the DbKey property on this class (code in full): public class ProcessingContextKey : BusinessEntityKey, IProcessingContextKey { public ProcessingContextKey() { // Nothing } public ProcessingContextKey(int dbKey) { this.mDbKey = dbKey; } public int DbKey { get { return this.mDbKey; } set { this.mDbKey = value; } } private int mDbKey; public override Type GetEntityType() { return typeof(IProcessingContextEntity); } } When I use reflection to inspect the DbKey property, I get the following (unexpected) result: Type t = typeof(ProcessingContextKey); PropertyInfo p = t.GetProperty("DbKey"); bool virtualGetter = p.GetGetMethod(true).IsVirtual; // True! bool virtualSetter = p.GetSetMethod(true).IsVirtual; // False Why does virtualGetter get set to True? I expected false, given that the property is neither abstract nor virtual . For completeness - and for the remote possibilty they are relevant, here are the declarations for BusinessEntityKey, IProcessingContextKey, and IBusinessEntityKey: public abstract class BusinessEntityKey : IBusinessEntityKey { public abstract Type GetEntityType(); } public interface IProcessingContextKey : IBusinessEntityKey { int DbKey { get; } } public interface IBusinessEntityKey { Type GetEntityType(); } Thanks in advance for your help. Clarification - why does this matter to me? We're using NHibernate and traced some issues with lazy loading to properties that were only half overridable - virtual getter but private setter. After fixing these up, we added a Unit test to catch any other places where thi

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