Friend classes - C# / C Sharp

Padu

Is there such a thing in C#? If not, is there a workaround or suggested
shift of paradigm?

I know friendly classes can be evils sometimes, but some other times it may
be very helpful. If you think about the memento pattern, it is nice for the
memento to expose two interfaces, one for the world and another one for the
originator...

Any comments?

Cheers

Padu

May 11 '06 #1

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Dustin Campbell

> Is there such a thing in C#? If not, is there a workaround or

suggested shift of paradigm?

Sure. Use an internal class.

Best Regards,
Dustin Campbell
Developer Express Inc

May 11 '06 #2

Greg Young

Sort of .. the internal keyword makes things visible only to other classes
within your assembly or friend assemblies .. this is a bit larger in scope
than delcaring another class a friend but can offer similar functionality.

Cheers,

Greg Young
MVP - C#
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Is there such a thing in C#? If not, is there a workaround or suggested
shift of paradigm?

I know friendly classes can be evils sometimes, but some other times it
may be very helpful. If you think about the memento pattern, it is nice
for the memento to expose two interfaces, one for the world and another
one for the originator...

Any comments?

Cheers

Padu

May 11 '06 #3

Bob Powell [MVP]

Just as in real life, good planning will obviate the need for friends. :-)

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"Padu" <pa**@merlotti.com> wrote in message
news:ZM******************************@iswest.net.. .

Is there such a thing in C#? If not, is there a workaround or suggested
shift of paradigm?

I know friendly classes can be evils sometimes, but some other times it
may be very helpful. If you think about the memento pattern, it is nice
for the memento to expose two interfaces, one for the world and another
one for the originator...

Any comments?

Cheers

Padu

May 11 '06 #4

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