I have an abstract base class called Rack and I have different types of racks that are the children of Rack. I want to be able to dynamically cast the generic C# object to different children of the Rack class in order to call the correct getData method in which all children have as a method. Here is what I have so far.
The code below calls the virtual method in the Rack base class. I need it to call the methods within the child classes of Rack.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
namespace IO_Interface
{
class Channel
{
private object rack1;
private object rack2;
public Channel()
{
}
public Channel(object h1, object h2)
{
rack1 = h1;
rack2 = h2;
}
public void send()
{
Type rack1Info = rack1.GetType();
Type rack2Info = rack2.GetType();
string name = rack1.ToString();
MethodInfo castMethod = rack1.GetType().GetMethod("getData").;
castMethod.Invoke(rack1.GetType(), null);
}
}
}`
What you want to do is declare your rack1 and rack2 as Racks, which will be an abstract class with an abstract method GetData. You will instantiate them as child classes of Rack somewhere. Then, when you make a call to GetData on a Rack, it will find the overridden method and call it. Here's an example.
abstract class Rack
{
public abstract void GetData();
}
class ChildRack1 : Rack
{
public override void GetData(){}
}
class ChildRack2 : Rack
{
public override void GetData(){}
}
class Channel
{
private Rack rack1;
private Rack rack2;
public Channel()
{
}
public Channel(Rack h1, Rack h2)
{
rack1 = h1;
rack2 = h2;
}
public void send()
{
rack1.GetData();
}
}
I think this will provide you with the implementation you want:
class Channel
{
private List<Rack> racks;
public Channel()
{
racks = new List<Rack>();
}
public Channel(params Rack[] racks)
{
this.racks = racks.ToList();
}
public void send()
{
foreach (Rack item in racks)
{
item.getData();
}
}
public void SendSpecificRack(Rack rack)
{
//calls the getdata of the rack object passed
rack.getData();
}
}
public class Rack
{
public virtual void getData()
{
Console.WriteLine("Base Rack");
}
}
public class RackChild1 : Rack
{
public override void getData()
{
Console.WriteLine("RackChild1");
}
}
public class RackChild2 : Rack
{
public override void getData()
{
Console.WriteLine("RackChild2");
}
}
Usage:
Channel chn = new Channel(new Rack[]{new RackChild1(),new RackChild2()});
chn.send();
RackChild2 rck = new RackChild2();
chn.SendSpecificRack(rck);
Output:
RackChild1
RackChild2
RackChild2
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I have a base class implementing an interface and further a specialized class inheriting the base class.
I have implemented interface's method in base class and marked it as virtual, also overridden the same method in specialized class.
Now i want to resolve the method GetData() on some basis that it either returns base class's method or child class's method.
So basically how can I call base class method using the specialized class's reference or interface's reference?
Edit 1
I have an existing data provider and I want to keep its functionality as it is and want to use some subclass or wrapper class where i can write a new implementation(another provider), mind that I want to keep running existing provider as it is for existing scenario and the new provider for other scenarios). what if i use decorator pattern to solve this? Any other pattern which can solve this ?
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
interface IDataProvider
{
void GetData();
}
abstract class StandardDataProvider : IDataProvider
{
public virtual void GetData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_StandardDataProvider");
}
}
class ManagedDataProvider : StandardDataProvider
{
public override void GetData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_ManagedDataProvider");
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IDataProvider dataprovider = new ManagedDataProvider();
dataprovider.GetData();
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
This is the only solution I could come up with for your problem:
interface IDataProvider
{
void GetData();
}
abstract class StandardDataProvider : IDataProvider
{
public virtual void GetData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_StandardDataProvider");
}
}
class ManagedDataProvider : StandardDataProvider
{
public override void GetData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_ManagedDataProvider");
}
public void GetBaseData()
{
base.GetData();
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IDataProvider dataprovider = new ManagedDataProvider();
dataprovider.GetData();
if (dataprovider is ManagedDataProvider)
{
(dataprovider as ManagedDataProvider).GetBaseData();
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Another Way to attack it is adding GetBaseData to the Interface.
interface IDataProvider
{
void GetData();
void GetBaseData();
}
abstract class StandardDataProvider : IDataProvider
{
public virtual void GetData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_StandardDataProvider");
}
public virtual void GetBaseData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_StandardDataProvider");
}
}
class ManagedDataProvider : StandardDataProvider
{
public override void GetData()
{
Console.WriteLine("GetData_ManagedDataProvider");
}
public override void GetBaseData()
{
base.GetData();
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IDataProvider dataprovider = new ManagedDataProvider();
dataprovider.GetData();
dataprovider.GetBaseData();
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Lets say i have the following attribute class.
//Attribute Implementation
public abstract class TestAttribute : Attribute
{
public abstract void UpdateSomething(string s);
}
public class CustomAttTest : TestAttribute
{
private State state;
public CustomAttTest(State state)
{
this.state = state;
}
public override void UpdateSomething(string s)
{
if (state.Equals(State.First))
{
Console.WriteLine("First State!! " + s);
}
}
}
public enum State
{
First, Second, Third
}
How can i call the Updatesomthing function inside the attribute class?
following is the attribute implementation example.
public abstract class Vehicle
{
//Coode
}
[CustomAttTest(State.First)]
public class Ferrari : Vehicle
{
//Code
}
Here is the full code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var foo = new Ferrari();
//How do i call the UpdateSomething implemented insde the CustomAttTest attribute class?
}
}
public abstract class Vehicle
{
//Coode
}
[CustomAttTest(State.First)]
public class Ferrari : Vehicle
{
//Code
}
//Attribute Implementation
public abstract class TestAttribute : Attribute
{
public abstract void UpdateSomething(string s);
}
public class CustomAttTest : TestAttribute
{
private State state;
public CustomAttTest(State state)
{
this.state = state;
}
public override void UpdateSomething(string s)
{
if (state.Equals(State.First))
{
Console.WriteLine("First State!! " + s);
}
}
}
public enum State
{
First, Second, Third
}
}
You need to use reflection:
foo.GetType().GetCustomAttribute<CustomAttTest>().UpdateSomething(...);
However, you should probably use an abstract method or property instead of an attribute.
The code is simple enough to understand I hope.
I'm trying to use an interface type IColor in order to pass color objects to the ColorManager. I then want the ColorManager to pass this object to the IColor object as its own type, so the method overloads gets called.
However, it seems since it is being passed as the IColor type, C# will not implicity cast it into its complete type as either a BlueColor or GreenColor.
I hope this makes some sense to somebody on what I want to achieve. Is this possible in C#?
[Solution]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264736.aspx
Overload Resolution with Arguments of Type dynamic
My code so far:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
namespace Example
{
public interface IColor
{
void CatchColor(IColor c);
}
public class BlueColor : IColor
{
public void CatchColor(IColor c)
{
}
}
public class GreenColor : IColor
{
public void CatchColor(BlueColor c)
{
Console.WriteLine("CAUGHT BLUE!");
}
public void CatchColor(GreenColor c)
{
Console.WriteLine("CAUGHT GREEN!");
}
public void CatchColor(IColor c)
{
Console.WriteLine("CAUGHT SOME COLOR!");
}
}
public class ColorManager
{
public void PassColor(IColor c)
{
// Don't use static type-checking
// Problem solved
dynamic AnyColor = c;
AnyColor.CatchColor(AnyColor);
}
public static void Main()
{
GreenColor G = new GreenColor();
new ColorManager().PassColor(G);
Console.ReadLine();
return;
}
}
}
One possiblity to tell the ColorManager class to use the correct type of the passed object is to use an abstract class, that already implements the CatchColor:
public abstract class IColor
{
// override in every class
public abstract void PrintColor();
// has the correct type passed with the interface
public void CatchColor(IColor c)
{
c.PrintColor();
}
}
Then the sub classes need to implement only PrintColor with the correct color:
public class BlueColor : IColor
{
public override void PrintColor()
{
Console.WriteLine("BLUE!");
}
}
public class GreenColor : IColor
{
public override void PrintColor()
{
Console.WriteLine("GREEN!");
}
}
The manager is the same:
public class ColorManager
{
public void PassColor(IColor c)
{
c.CatchColor(c);
}
}
It can be used like this:
GreenColor G = new GreenColor();
var cm = new ColorManager();
cm.PassColor(G);
cm.PassColor(new BlueColor());
The outputs is:
GREEN!
BLUE!
What you want is late method binding.
The downside to this is you have to add methods for each new type of color. The upside is you don't have to maintain a case statement or conditional logic.
See here for more detail:
Early and late binding
Edit: Here is a working example of this type of late-binding.
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
//Declare instances
BaseClass myClass = new Class2();
BaseClass otherClass = new Class1();
//Invoke the action method which will match based on the BaseClass type
Action(myClass);
Action(otherClass);
Console.ReadLine();
}
public static void Action(BaseClass classType) {
//Remove the compile-time type so the runtime can select the method based on signature
dynamic aClass = classType;
ServiceMethod(aClass);
}
public static void ServiceMethod(dynamic input) {
Methods(input);
}
public static void Methods(Class1 classType) {
Console.WriteLine("Class1");
Debug.WriteLine("Class1");
}
public static void Methods(Class2 classtype) {
Console.WriteLine("Class2");
Debug.WriteLine("Class2");
}
public static void Methods(Class3 classType) {
Console.WriteLine("Class3");
Debug.WriteLine("Class3");
}
}
public abstract class BaseClass { //This could also be an interface
public Guid Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class Class1 : BaseClass {
}
public class Class2 : BaseClass{
}
public class Class3 : BaseClass {
}
So you want something like:
public void CatchColor(Color c)
{
if (c is BlueColor)
CatchColor(c as BlueColor);
if (c is GreenColor)
CatchColor(c as GreenColor);
}
?
is this possible to somehow, have this scenario, where A.N inherits code from A with this code example?
The reason for setting it up like this, is that I need multiple classes that inherit from Base<TType> and the Nested : Base<TType> where the server has the base only, and the client has the extended Nested. This way, it would be easy to use the code, where they would have some shared code between themselves & each other.
The problem is that I would have to write identical code inside the
A and A.N
B and B.N
C and C.N
etc.
I have solved this temporarily, by replacing the Nested abstract class, with an Interface and doing
A.N : A, INested, but now I have to rewrite the Base<TType>.Nested code again inside all the Nested classes. For now, the nested class is small & managable.
hope this isn't a confusing question...
public abstract class Base<TType> where TType : class
{
public TType data;
internal void CommonCodeForAll() { }
public abstract void Update();
public abstract class Nested : Base<TType>
{
public abstract void Input();
}
}
public class A : Base<someClass>
{
public float Somevariable;
public void SpecificFunctionToA() { }
public override void Update()
{
// code that gets executed on server & client side that is unique to A
}
public class N : A.Nested
{
public override void Input()
{
if (data.IsReady()) { Somevariable *= 2; }
SpecificFunctionToA();
}
}
}
public class B : Base<anotherClass>
{
public float Somevariable;
public int index;
public int[] Grid;
public void SomethingElse() { }
public override void Update()
{
// code that gets executed on server & client side that is unique to B
}
public class N : B.Nested
{
public override void Input()
{
if (Grid[index] == -1) { SomethingElse(); }
data.Somevariable = Grid[index];
}
}
}
Edit:
I updated the code example to show what I'm trying to achieve.
Why I am trying to do this, is to keep the physics, networking & User input seperate.
There are multiple different controllers where each one has their own pack & unpacking functions, controller identity & access to the physics engine.
I have a solution using ecapsulation of classes instead of inheritance.
public abstract class BaseGeneric<T>
{
T data;
// ctor
protected BaseGeneric(T data)
{
this.data=data;
}
// methods
public abstract void Update();
// properties
public T Data
{
get { return data; }
set { data=value; }
}
// base nested class
public abstract class BaseNested<B> where B : BaseGeneric<T>
{
protected B #base;
// ctor
protected BaseNested(B #base)
{
this.#base=#base;
}
// methods
public abstract void Input(T data);
public void Update() { #base.Update(); }
// properties
public T Data
{
get { return #base.data; }
set { #base.data=value; }
}
}
}
// implementation base
public class Base : BaseGeneric<int>
{
// ctor
protected Base(int data) : base(data) { }
//methods
public override void Update()
{
this.Data+=1;
}
// implemented nested class
public class Nested : Base.BaseNested<Base>
{
// ctor
public Nested(int data) : base(new Base(data)) { }
public Nested(Base #base) : base(#base) { }
// methods
public override void Input(int data)
{
this.Data=data;
}
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// new implemented class with value 0
var nested=new Base.Nested(0);
// set value to 100
nested.Input(100);
// call update as implemented by `Base`.
nested.Update();
}
}
I have used delegates to represent methods - but I now have many classes that have same methods (but different code in those methods).
Is there a way to delegate the entire class?
Pseudo code:
class myModelA
{
void update()
{
}
}
class myModelB
{
void update()
{
}
}
delegate class myModel;
if (x==1)
myModel = myModelA;
else
myModel = myModelB;
myModel.update();
I know I can delegate the "üpdate" method BUT in real world I have lots of methods and I would rather just simply delegate the class.
EDIT1 based on Jon Skeet's answer
BUT how do I declare a public variable? (non public variables compile OK)
public interface IModel
{
double myDouble; <<<< this gives an error
void Update();
}
public class MyModelA : IModel
{
public double myDouble;
public void Update() { ... }
}
public class MyModelB : IModel
{
public double myDouble;
public void Update() { ... }
}
No, in this case you don't want a delegate - you want an interface.
You create an interface which all of your classes implement:
public interface IModel
{
void Update();
}
public class MyModelA : IModel
{
public void Update() { ... }
}
public class MyModelB : IModel
{
public void Update() { ... }
}
Then:
IModel model;
if (x == 1)
{
model = new MyModelA();
}
else
{
model = new MyModelB();
}
model.Update();
As Jon Skeet, I think you need to use interfaces.
A little changed code from
http://www.dotnetperls.com/interface
using System;
interface IPerl
{
void Read();
}
class TestA : IPerl
{
public void Read()
{
Console.WriteLine("Read TestA");
}
}
class TestB : IPerl
{
public void Read()
{
Console.WriteLine("Read TestB");
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
IPerl perl = new TestA(); // Create instance.
perl.Read(); // Call method on interface.
}
}