I'm learning OOAD and trying to implement class relationship with inheritance but there is an issue here is the code
Parent Class
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
abstract class Classification
{
public abstract string type();
}
}
1st Child Class
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class FullTime : Classification
{
bool inCampus;
string roomDetail;
float rent;
public FullTime(string studentRoomDetail, float studentRent)
{
this.inCampus = true;
this.roomDetail = studentRoomDetail;
this.rent = studentRent;
}
public FullTime()
{
this.inCampus = false;
}
public string printAccommodationDescription()
{
if (!this.inCampus)
{
return "Not in campus";
}
else
{
return "Room: " + this.roomDetail + " Rent: " + this.rent.ToString();
}
}
public override string type()
{
return "fulltime";
}
}
}
2nd Child Class
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class PartTime : Classification
{
bool onJob;
string jobTitle;
float salary;
public PartTime(string studentJobTitle, float studentSalary)
{
this.onJob = true;
this.jobTitle = studentJobTitle;
this.salary = studentSalary;
}
public PartTime()
{
this.onJob = false;
}
public string printJobDescription()
{
if (!this.onJob)
{
return "Not on job";
}
else
{
return "JobTitle: " + this.jobTitle + " Salary: " + this.salary.ToString();
}
}
public override string type()
{
return "parttime";
}
}
}
Now in Program.cs when I tried to access method printJobDescription
from PartTime
class
Classification classification = new PartTime("Software Engineer", 10000);
classification.printJobDescription();
it says
Error CS1061 'Classification' does not contain a definition for 'printAccommodationDescription' and no extension method 'printAccommodationDescription' accepting a first argument of type 'Classification' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
How can I solve this issue?
UPDATE
I need the ability to let object change its class at runtime, so I have to create the object of type Classification
and use either method that is not implemented in other class
You can only use the functions declared in the class you use.
abstract class Classification
{
public abstract string type();
}
class PartTime : Classification
{
public override string type() {...}
public Job1() {...}
}
class FullTime : Classification
{
public override string type() {...}
public Job2() {...}
}
If you have an object like this:
Classification classification = new PartTime();
and you don´t know which special type, you have to cast this object to use other methods:
if (classification is PartTime)
{
((PartTime)classification).Job1();
}
else if (classification is FullTime)
{
((FullTime)classification).Job2();
}
Hope this helps.