C# Explicit Interface Implementation when implementing two interfaces, both with the same method and different implementations
Questions tagged [explicit-interface]
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Why to Use Explicit Interface Implementation To Invoke a Protected Method?
When browsing ASP.NET MVC source code in codeplex, I found it is common to have a class explicitly implementing interface. The explicitly implemented method/property then invoke another "protected virtual" method/property with same name.
For…
Morgan Cheng
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C# - Explicit Interfaces with inheritance?
Output:
B->Hello! from Explicit.
Shouldn't it be:?
A->Hello! from Explicit.
Why doesn't explicit cast (IHello)a call IHello.Hello() from class A?
interface IHello
{
void Hello();
}
class A : IHello
{
public virtual void Hello()
{
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Dependency Injection and Explicit Interface Implementation
Is there a benefit implementing interfaces explicitly with respect to Dependency Injection?
As far as I understand, interfaces can be implemented either explicitly or implicitly:
interface IFoo
{
void Bar();
}
//implicit implementation
class…
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How can I call explicitly implemented interface method from PowerShell?
Code:
add-type @"
public interface IFoo
{
void Foo();
}
public class Bar : IFoo
{
void IFoo.Foo()
{
}
}
"@ -Language Csharp
$bar = New-Object Bar
($bar -as [IFoo]).Foo() #…
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Why does the VS Metadata view does not display explicit interface implemented members
The other day i was looking at C# Boolean struct metadata.
Boolean implements the interface IConvertible. But looking at Boolean's members i could not see most of the IConvertible members.
I've done some tests with some colleagues, including…
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XML Comments -- How do you comment explicitly implemented interfaces properly?
Code:
public interface IFoo
{
void Bar();
}
public class FooClass : IFoo
{
/// ...
/// ...
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Explicitly implemented interface and generic constraint
interface IBar { void Hidden(); }
class Foo : IBar { public void Visible() { /*...*/ } void IBar.Hidden() { /*...*/ } }
class Program
{
static T CallHidden1(T foo) where T : Foo
{
foo.Visible();
((IBar)foo).Hidden(); …
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Explicit interface implementation limitation
I have a very simple scenario : a "person" can be a "customer" or an "employee" of a company.
A "person" can be called by phone with the "Call" method.
Depending on which role the "person" plays in the context of the call, e.g. the announcement of a…
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Fortran procedure pointer to subroutines in derived type
In Fortran, I need a procedure pointer inside a derived type that can point to one of several subroutines. This problem seems to be common on SO:
Fortran save procedure as property in derived type
Type bound procedure overloading in Fortran…
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C# property not available in derived class
I'm not sure what's going on. I have the following base class:
public class MyRow : IStringIndexable, System.Collections.IEnumerable,
ICollection>,
IEnumerable>,
…
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C++/CLI: Implementing IList and IList (explicit implementation of a default indexer)
I am trying to implement a C++/CLI class that implements both IList and IList.
Since they have overlapping names, I have to implement one of them explicitly, and the natural choice should be IList.
The implicit implementation of the indexer…
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FxCop: CA1033 - Microsoft's implementation of a ReadOnlyCollection violates this?
If you look at the code for a read-only collection it does not have an "Add" method, but instead defines the ICollection.Add(T Value) method (explicit interface implementation).
When I did something similar with my ReadOnlyDictionary class, FxCop…
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how List does not implement Add(object value)?
I believe it's pretty stupid, and I am a bit embarrassed to ask this kind of question, but I still could not find the answer:
I am looking at the class List , which implemetns IList.
public class List : IList
one of the methods included in…
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Why do I need an explicit interface declaration here? (C#)
I'm trying to implement a very simple interface and use it to access a property of a type that is itself accessed through an interface like so:
interface ITest
{
IOther Other { get; }
}
interface IOther { }
class Other : IOther { }
class Test…
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why does the Array class implement the Ilist Interface Explicitly not Implicitly?
My target language is C# with .net framework . I want to know what is the point or the reason behind this topic ?
any advice and suggestions would be highly Appreciated .
EDIT
why i asked this question ?
because right now , some useful members of…
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