Method having an abstract class as a parameter
- by Ferhat
I have an abstract class A, where I have derived the classes B and C.
Class A provides an abstract method DoJOB(), which is implemented by both derived classes.
There is a class X which has methods inside, which need to call DoJOB().
The class X may not contain any code like B.DoJOB() or C.DoJOB().
Example:
public class X
{
private A foo;
public X(A concrete)
{
foo = concrete;
}
public FunnyMethod()
{
foo.DoJOB();
}
}
While instantiating class X I want to decide which derived class (B or C) must be used.
I thought about passing an instance of B or C using the constructor of X.
X kewl = new X(new C());
kewl.FunnyMethod(); //calls C.DoJOB()
kewl = new X(new B());
kewl.FunnyMethod(); // calls B.DoJOB()
My test showed that declaring a method with a parameter A is not working. Am I missing something?
How can I implement this correctly?
(A is abstract, it cannot be instantiated)
