Renaming Public Properties of Inherited Class

[Earl Teigrob]

Is there a way to rename the public properties of a inherited class? I am
inheriting an asp.net control (class) and am adding addtional functionality.
(in this case, up to 3 borders on an imagebutton control) I would like to
change the name of the BorderColor property to InnerBorderColo r because it
would make more sense in the context of this this new control.

Thanks

Earl

[Anders Borum]

Hello!

There is no way (AFAIK) to hide inherited members from a superclass. This
defeats the idea of object oriented programming, where you extent classes by
inheriting them and add more members, change the behaviour of inherited
members and so on.

I suggest adding the InnerBorderColo r property to your control and take it
from there. The superclass imagebutton control works they way it does, and
you change your own implementation according to your desired functionality.

Basically, think of your new control as an extended imagebutton control,
allowing the developers to do more than what is allowed with the general
imagebutton superclass. If they want to use that interface, they just resort
to casting.

The developers can freely choose which interface (and implementation) to
work with.

Not sure this is what you were looking for though, but I gave it a shot :-)

--
venlig hilsen / with regards
anders borum
--

[John Wood]

You can create a new method in the inherited class that delegates to the
BorderColor property, but you cannot hide the BorderColor property itself.

I've generally found that if you start asking questions like that, then it
probably means you should be containing the class rather than inheriting it.

--
John Wood
EMail: first name, dot, last name, at priorganize.com

"Earl Teigrob" <ea******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:OE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Is there a way to rename the public properties of a inherited class? I am
inheriting an asp.net control (class) and am adding addtional functionality. (in this case, up to 3 borders on an imagebutton control) I would like to
change the name of the BorderColor property to InnerBorderColo r because it
would make more sense in the context of this this new control.

Thanks

Earl

[Earl Teigrob]

After I posted this, I tried something to achive what I wanted. It seems to
work. Please advise if you see any problems with this approach. I am
assuming that this is NOT the classic use of OO and inheritance..bu t is
there any real problem with this approach?

(and BTW, I am not an idealist... I am far more interested it just getting
the job done as simply as possible)

Earl

In the properties below, the private properties hide the inherited
properties from public access. Then I create my new properties and set the
base properties from them...
//Hide Public Property BorderColor
private System.Drawing. Color BorderColor
{
get{
return System.Drawing. Color.Black;
}
}

//Hide Public Property BorderWidth
private System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit BorderWidth
{
get
{
return System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit .Pixel(0);
}
}
[Bindable(true),
Category("Apper ance"),
DefaultValue("" )]
public System.Drawing. Color InnerBorderColo r
{
get
{
return base.BorderColo r;
}
set
{
base.BorderColo r=value;
}
}

[Bindable(true),
Category("Apper ance"),
DefaultValue("" )]
public System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit InnerBorderWidt h
{
get
{
return base.BorderWidt h;
}
set
{
base.BorderWidt h=value;
}
}

"Earl Teigrob" <ea******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:OE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Is there a way to rename the public properties of a inherited class? I am
inheriting an asp.net control (class) and am adding addtional functionality. (in this case, up to 3 borders on an imagebutton control) I would like to
change the name of the BorderColor property to InnerBorderColo r because it
would make more sense in the context of this this new control.

Thanks

Earl

[John Wood]

The public property should still be available, even though you declare a
private property with the same name in the inherited class.

If I have the following code:

public class A
{
public string plop
{
get
{
return "";
}
}
}

public class B : A
{
private string plop
{
get
{
return "";
}
}
}

When I instantiate B, I can still access A's plop.

It's possible the designer hides it in the properties though, even though
this would be a bug IMO.

--
John Wood
EMail: first name, dot, last name, at priorganize.com

"Earl Teigrob" <ea******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:un******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

After I posted this, I tried something to achive what I wanted. It seems to work. Please advise if you see any problems with this approach. I am
assuming that this is NOT the classic use of OO and inheritance..bu t is
there any real problem with this approach?

(and BTW, I am not an idealist... I am far more interested it just getting
the job done as simply as possible)

Earl

In the properties below, the private properties hide the inherited
properties from public access. Then I create my new properties and set the
base properties from them...
//Hide Public Property BorderColor
private System.Drawing. Color BorderColor
{
get{
return System.Drawing. Color.Black;
}
}

//Hide Public Property BorderWidth
private System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit BorderWidth
{
get
{
return System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit .Pixel(0);
}
}
[Bindable(true),
Category("Apper ance"),
DefaultValue("" )]
public System.Drawing. Color InnerBorderColo r
{
get
{
return base.BorderColo r;
}
set
{
base.BorderColo r=value;
}
}

[Bindable(true),
Category("Apper ance"),
DefaultValue("" )]
public System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit InnerBorderWidt h
{
get
{
return base.BorderWidt h;
}
set
{
base.BorderWidt h=value;
}
}

"Earl Teigrob" <ea******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:OE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Is there a way to rename the public properties of a inherited class? I am inheriting an asp.net control (class) and am adding addtional

functionality.

(in this case, up to 3 borders on an imagebutton control) I would like to change the name of the BorderColor property to InnerBorderColo r because it would make more sense in the context of this this new control.

Thanks

Earl

[Earl Teigrob]

Very Interesting. From the designer page, the BorderColor property is
hidden, but from the code behind class, it is exposed and works. Rather odd
behavior but it answers my questions. Thanks for your help!

Earl

"John Wood" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:OY******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

The public property should still be available, even though you declare a
private property with the same name in the inherited class.

If I have the following code:

public class A
{
public string plop
{
get
{
return "";
}
}
}

public class B : A
{
private string plop
{
get
{
return "";
}
}
}

When I instantiate B, I can still access A's plop.

It's possible the designer hides it in the properties though, even though
this would be a bug IMO.

--
John Wood
EMail: first name, dot, last name, at priorganize.com

"Earl Teigrob" <ea******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:un******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

After I posted this, I tried something to achive what I wanted. It seems to

work. Please advise if you see any problems with this approach. I am
assuming that this is NOT the classic use of OO and inheritance..bu t is
there any real problem with this approach?

(and BTW, I am not an idealist... I am far more interested it just getting

the job done as simply as possible)

Earl

In the properties below, the private properties hide the inherited
properties from public access. Then I create my new properties and set the base properties from them...
//Hide Public Property BorderColor
private System.Drawing. Color BorderColor
{
get{
return System.Drawing. Color.Black;
}
}

//Hide Public Property BorderWidth
private System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit BorderWidth
{
get
{
return System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit .Pixel(0);
}
}
[Bindable(true),
Category("Apper ance"),
DefaultValue("" )]
public System.Drawing. Color InnerBorderColo r
{
get
{
return base.BorderColo r;
}
set
{
base.BorderColo r=value;
}
}

[Bindable(true),
Category("Apper ance"),
DefaultValue("" )]
public System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Unit InnerBorderWidt h
{
get
{
return base.BorderWidt h;
}
set
{
base.BorderWidt h=value;
}
}

"Earl Teigrob" <ea******@hotma il.com> wrote in message
news:OE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl...

Is there a way to rename the public properties of a inherited class? I

am inheriting an asp.net control (class) and am adding addtional

functionality.

(in this case, up to 3 borders on an imagebutton control) I would like to change the name of the BorderColor property to InnerBorderColo r

because it would make more sense in the context of this this new control.

Thanks

Earl