Call to base method

[Janaka]

When using object inheritance is it possible to call a method of the base
class more than 1 object below the inherited class?
For example, assume that the Labrador class inherits all the way down to
animal - Labrador -> Dog -> Animal
Animal has a virtual method called Walk() which is overridden in Dog
Now if I use the following code this will call Dog's implementation.:
public override void Walk()
{
base.Walk();
}

Is it possible to call Animal's implementation of Walk() ?

 

[Wayne]

Given my understanding of Object inheritance, you will need to call
base.walk in Dog to get the animal.walk to be called. I don't believe just
under general OOP principles you should ever be able to have access to
animal directly from Lab given you inherited from Dog.

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Thanks
Wayne Sepega
Jacksonville, Fl

"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But
let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour.
That's relativity." - Albert Einstein

 

[Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]]

No, this isn't supported in C# (unlike C++)

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/richardb/weblog

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When using object inheritance is it possible to call a method of the base
class more than 1 object below the inherited class?
For example, assume that the Labrador class inherits all the way down to
animal - Labrador -> Dog -> Animal
Animal has a virtual method called Walk() which is overridden in Dog
Now if I use the following code this will call Dog's implementation.:
public override void Walk()
{
base.Walk();
}

Is it possible to call Animal's implementation of Walk() ?




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[Janaka]

Ok that sounds about right seeing as C# only supports single-class
inheritance as apposed to the multi-class inheritance in C++.

So looks like its down to organising the classes implementation properly.
Thanks