I would like to override a method from an inherited class, but the new
method has a different signature to the inherited class. Example:
class A {
private void Init() {
// code
}
}
class B : A {
private void Init(string text) {
base.Init();
// do something with "text"
}
}
I don't want to see class A's version of Init(). Any instance of class B
should only see Init(text). I know this is possible in Delphi using the
reintroduce modifier, but I couldn't find a way in C#. The "override" and
"new" modifiers didn't help either.
--
Regards,
Charcoal 9 6108
it didn't help because the method Init was not inherited, it should be
declared as protected.
"Chazza" <em***@address. com> wrote in message
news:eP******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... I would like to override a method from an inherited class, but the new method has a different signature to the inherited class. Example:
class A { private void Init() { // code } }
class B : A { private void Init(string text) { base.Init(); // do something with "text" } }
I don't want to see class A's version of Init(). Any instance of class B should only see Init(text). I know this is possible in Delphi using the reintroduce modifier, but I couldn't find a way in C#. The "override" and "new" modifiers didn't help either.
-- Regards, Charcoal
That was a typo in my example. I noticed that but thought that you could
just ignore that.
Try,
class A
{
protected virtual void Init()
{
// code
}
}
class B : A
{
protected override void Init()
{
base.Init();
// do something with "text"
}
}
Regards,
Phil.
"Chazza" wrote: That was a typo in my example. I noticed that but thought that you could just ignore that.
Phil,
You missed the point of my post. I already know how to use override the way
it is meant to use. What I'm looking for is a way to override an inherited
method with a new method which has a different signature. Look at my example
of class B again, and you will notice the Init method has one parameter
which is a string. Now look at your example, where has this parameter gone?
I don't know if this is even possible, you might tell me that C# cannot do
this. However, I know in Delphi it was easy to do using the "reintroduc e"
modifier and it was very useful in some places...
Regards,
chazza
Chazza <em***@address. com> wrote: You missed the point of my post. I already know how to use override the way it is meant to use. What I'm looking for is a way to override an inherited method with a new method which has a different signature. Look at my example of class B again, and you will notice the Init method has one parameter which is a string. Now look at your example, where has this parameter gone?
I don't know if this is even possible, you might tell me that C# cannot do this. However, I know in Delphi it was easy to do using the "reintroduc e" modifier and it was very useful in some places...
Well, what value would you expect your parameter to have?
You basically can't do this in C#, but I suspect you can fake the same
behaviour using two methods - one which does the overriding, and then
calls the other.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
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Jon,
I know about the two methods trick, but I wanted to hide the old inherited
method. More specifically I wanted to generate compiler errors where it was
used so I could fix up the code to use the new method, and to prevent people
in future from using the old method directly. Well, what value would you expect your parameter to have?
Does it matter? It's simply a different signature which I am asking about.
Any Delphi programmer should understand in a heart beat what I am asking
for...but you C# guys, I don't think you understand the concept I'm trying
to explain.
--
Regards,
Charcoal
Chazza <em***@address. com> wrote: I know about the two methods trick, but I wanted to hide the old inherited method. More specifically I wanted to generate compiler errors where it was used so I could fix up the code to use the new method, and to prevent people in future from using the old method directly.
You definitely can't do that, thank goodness - it would violate
Liskov's Substitutabilit y Principle, for one thing. Well, what value would you expect your parameter to have?
Does it matter?
Absolutely! If you don't mind it being null or some fixed value, that's
one thing. If Delphi somehow gets a value in some "special" way, that
may be a lot harder to "fake".
It's simply a different signature which I am asking about. Any Delphi programmer should understand in a heart beat what I am asking for...but you C# guys, I don't think you understand the concept I'm trying to explain.
That shouldn't really be a surprise - asking about a Delphi concept in
a C# group is bound to involve a bit more communication than asking
about a Delphi concept in a Delphi group!
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.co m> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
Chazza,
I believe you want the VB.NET Shadows keyword, which is very similar to the
C# new keyword, but not different then the C# new keyword.
Shadows hides all the base methods and only shows the derived method that
have the same name.
However as Jon states, Shadows also violate the Liskov's Substitutabilit y
Principle.
Hope this helps
Jay
"Chazza" <em***@address. com> wrote in message
news:OR******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Jon,
I know about the two methods trick, but I wanted to hide the old inherited method. More specifically I wanted to generate compiler errors where it was used so I could fix up the code to use the new method, and to prevent people in future from using the old method directly.
Well, what value would you expect your parameter to have?
Does it matter? It's simply a different signature which I am asking about. Any Delphi programmer should understand in a heart beat what I am asking for...but you C# guys, I don't think you understand the concept I'm trying to explain.
-- Regards, Charcoal
Doh! C# new keyword, but not different then the C# new keyword.
Didn't mean the negative.
It should be "but different then the C# new keyword."
Jay
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" <Ja************ @msn.com> wrote in message
news:el******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl... Chazza, I believe you want the VB.NET Shadows keyword, which is very similar to the C# new keyword, but not different then the C# new keyword.
Shadows hides all the base methods and only shows the derived method that have the same name.
However as Jon states, Shadows also violate the Liskov's Substitutabilit y Principle.
Hope this helps Jay
"Chazza" <em***@address. com> wrote in message news:OR******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Jon,
I know about the two methods trick, but I wanted to hide the old inherited method. More specifically I wanted to generate compiler errors where it was used so I could fix up the code to use the new method, and to prevent people in future from using the old method directly.
Well, what value would you expect your parameter to have?
Does it matter? It's simply a different signature which I am asking about. Any Delphi programmer should understand in a heart beat what I am asking for...but you C# guys, I don't think you understand the concept I'm trying to explain.
-- Regards, Charcoal
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