Partial Classes and Inheritance

[Bishoy George]

In a web application using asp.net 2.0

All my classes are partial classes.

- I noticed that partial class cannot be inherited... is that true?

- I tried to remove the partial keyword , and I receieved this error
Error 1 Missing partial modifier on declaration of type
'NagyResearch.Q_A.Q.QuestionnairePage'; another partial declaration of this
type exists D:\Web Sites\Local
Host\NagyResearch\Q_A\Q\QuestionnairePage.aspx.cs 14 18
http://localhost/NagyResearch/

although I haven't any another partial declaration.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Partial classes can't be compiled either. However, the complete classes that
are created either from one part of a partial class which can be used as a
stand-alone class, or from several partial classes combined, can be
compiled, inherited, you name it.

The key here is that a "partial class" is not a class at all. It is a
convenience for the developer, a way of separating the code which
constitutes a class when built can be spread across several source files. In
addition, it provides the ability to recombine these partial class files
into a variety of different versions of a class. I'm not sure how useful
that is, though.

The actual *class* doesn't exist until it is compiled.

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Kevin Spencer
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