Editing Comparison of C Sharp and Java (section)

=== Indexer ===
C# also includes ''indexers'' that can be considered a special case of operator overloading (like the C++ {{code|operator[]}}), or parameterized {{mono|get}}/{{mono|set}} properties. An indexer is a property named {{code|this[]}} that uses one or more parameters (indexes); the indices can be objects of any type:

<syntaxhighlight lang="csharp">
myList[4] = 5;
string name = xmlNode.Attributes["name"];
orders = customerMap[theCustomer];
</syntaxhighlight>

Java does not include indexers. The common Java pattern involves writing explicit getters and setters where a C# programmer would use an indexer.