[Zammy]

I was re-factoring some code and it turned out that it would work great if I could make a certain property virtual.
Of course this did not work in c#2.0. I was wondering if C#3.0 has it and if 4.0 will?

My logic is that property is anyway a method, why not be able to make it virtual and override it ?

Of course I will do a workaround and make a SetBlaBla() method but it is just not neat. I love properties.

Evgeni

[baavgai]

Zammy, on 9 Dec, 2008 - 03:41 PM, said:

I was re-factoring some code and it turned out that it would work great if I could make a certain property virtual.
Of course this did not work in c#2.0. I was wondering if C#3.0 has it and if 4.0 will?

??? This has always worked as far as I know:

using System;

namespace ConsoleApplication1 {
	class Critter {
		public virtual string Eats { get { return "Air"; } }
		public override string ToString() {
			return this.GetType().Name + " eats " + Eats; 
		}
	}

	class Dog : Critter {
		public override string Eats { get { return "Cat"; } }
	}

	class Lion : Critter {
		public override string Eats { get { return "Dog"; } }
	}

	class Program {
		static void Main(string[] args) {
			Console.WriteLine(System.Environment.Version);
			Console.WriteLine(new Critter());
			Console.WriteLine(new Dog());
			Console.WriteLine(new Lion());
			Console.ReadLine();
		}
	}
}

Results:

2.0.50727.42
Critter eats Air
Dog eats Cat
Lion eats Dog

[Zammy]

Hmm....

I thought it did not work. My mistake then I am really sorry.

[baavgai]

Zammy, on 9 Dec, 2008 - 07:03 PM, said:

I am really sorry.

No worries. Don't be sorry. I didn't know for sure until I ran the program.

Never be afraid to just experiment; it's usually the best way to tell how something works. Inheritance is a good example of this; you can read libraries worth of theory on it, but it's not really going to make sense until you actually use it.