In C#, can I hide/modify accessors in subclasses?
- by Diego
I'm not even sure what this principle is called or how to search for it, so I sincerely apologize if it has been brought up before, but the best way to do it is with an example.
class Properties
{
public string Name { get; set; }
}
class MyClass
{
class SubProperties: Properties
{
public override Name
{
get { return GetActualName(); }
set { _value = SetActualName(value); }
}
}
public SubProperties ClassProperties;
private GetActualName()
{
ClassProperties.Name = "name";
}
private SetActualName(string s)
{
ClassProperties.Name = SomeOtherFunction(s);
}
}
The idea is to have any object that instantiates MyClass have a fully accessible property ClassProperties. To that object, it would look exactly like a Properties object, but behind the scenes, MyClass is actually computing and modifying the results of the fields. This method of declaration is obviously wrong since I can't access GetActualName() and SetActualName() from within the SubProperties definition. How would I achieve something like this?
