CODE EXAMPLE FOR CSHARP

c# different getter setter types

public class TDecimal
{
    private decimal? m_value;
    public bool HasValue { get { return m_value.HasValue; } }
    public decimal Value { get { return m_value.Value; } }

    public static implicit operator TDecimal(string a_value)
    {
        decimal d;
        if (decimal.TryParse(a_value, out d))
        {
            return new TDecimal() {m_value = d};
        }

        return new TDecimal() {m_value = null};
    }

    public static implicit operator decimal(TDecimal a_value)
    {
        if(a_value.HasValue)
        {
            return a_value.Value;
        }

        throw new ArgumentNullException("a_value");
    }
}

public class A
{
    public TDecimal Prop { get; set; }
}