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Hi all,

What is the exact difference between these two defintion?
public class ClassName
public new class ClassName

The second question is relevant to []. I am not so used to
[Serializable] or [PrimaryKey(true)] before a specific definition, will you
guide me?

Thanks,

public class Customer : ClassBase
{

}



[Serializable]
public new class State : StateBase
{
[PrimaryKey(true)]
public int? customerID = null;

}
 
c676228 said:
What is the exact difference between these two defintion?
public class ClassName
public new class ClassName
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/435f1dw2.aspx

has a description.
The second question is relevant to []. I am not so used to
[Serializable] or [PrimaryKey(true)] before a specific definition, will you
guide me?
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[Serializable]
public new class State : StateBase
{
[PrimaryKey(true)]
public int? customerID = null;

}
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Serializable means the object can be saved and loaded again
by a serializer/deserializer.

PrimaryKey must be an attribute used by some ORM
framework to indicate the field is primary key in
the database table. I can identify which framework.

Arne
 
Thank you so much Arne and Peter for the explain and

those two links about new modifier and attributes are very helpful.
--
Betty


Peter Duniho said:
[...]
The second question is relevant to []. I am not so used to
[Serializable] or [PrimaryKey(true)] before a specific definition, will
you
guide me?
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In addition to what Arne wrote, the "[<identifier>]" syntax is known as an
"attribute". It's a way of including some meta-data with language
objects, to provide for additional automatic behavior.

In the particular examples you've given, they relate to serialization and
database relationships, but there are code attributes for a wide variety
of purposes.

See here for more details:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0w1kczw.aspx

Pete
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Greetings to all!

Arne and Peter, thanks for your proactive posting and helping each other in
the newsgroup. We cannot develop such a good newsgroup community without
warmhearted and good-tech members like you. I do very appreciate your input
here!

And Betty, if you have any future questions or concerns, please let me know
and I will provide future support on this.


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