Hey guys,

I've got a class in my project that stores a List<> of elements. I'm trying to figure out whether I should allow the user to add to that List directly (e.g. Calling the native add/remove methods) or lock it down by declaring the List private and only allowing a handful of methods I choose to actually alter the List.

It's a framework, so I'm trying to design it as robustly as possible, but I also want to keep it as simple and error-free as possible.

What's the best practice in this situation?

Thanks, Tyler