greg,
it does sound like your design could be organized in a better way. i'm not
exactly sure what behavior you're going for, but it seems like you want
this:
when C is constructed, the C object calls the B constructor, which calls
the A constructor, which adds stuff for A, then the B constructor adds
stuff for B, then the C constructor adds stuff for C.
if AddStuff works in different ways depending on which class it is called
from, eg it does action 1 when A calls it, action 2 when B calls it, and
action 3 when C calls it, then AddStuff should really be a different method
in each of these classes. i suggest looking into the virtual and new
keywords for this. this is a common problem in object oriented development
which is solved by Polymorphism. i've posted one example below - notice i
defined A's AddStuff with the virtual keyword and the others are defined
with the new keyword in the method signature. when you run this code, the
output is A->B->C.
let me know if you have any other questions.
jeff.
namespace ConsoleApplicat ion4
{
class Class1
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
C c = new C();
Console.ReadLin e();
}
}
class A
{
public A()
{
this.AddStuff() ;
}
public virtual void AddStuff()
{
Console.WriteLi ne("AddStuff - A");
}
}
class B : A
{
public B()
{
this.AddStuff() ;
}
public new void AddStuff()
{
Console.WriteLi ne("AddStuff - B");
}
}
class C : B {
public C()
{
this.AddStuff() ;
}
public new void AddStuff()
{
Console.WriteLi ne("AddStuff - C");
}
}
}
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