Is there a clever way to hide (what would be public) base class functionality from derived classes? My first thought is to simply redirct the function call to a private function, but this would not ...

Understand the key concepts behind composition and inheritance that allow you to build reusable and flexible types in your .NET applications. Two of the key concepts in object-oriented programming ...

Hi,<BR><BR>I have a base class whose destructor is pure virtual, so the class is abstract.<BR><BR>I have a derived class (subtype) whose multi-argument constructor wants to call the base class's zero ...

Everything is an object in the marvelous world of managed code, from simple entities, such as numbers and strings, to complex UI objects, such as controls and forms. As a matter of fact, a form is ...

If you create a CustomerRepository that inherits from ReadRepository, you might choose to set the type of your base class: Public Class CustomerRepository Inherits ReadRepository(Of Customer) End ...