Ultimately, I would like to call a subclass method AFTER calling superclass method. I have a code something like this:
public class SuperClass
{
protected WrapperClass<T> GetWrapperClass<T>()
{
return new WrapperClass(someStuff).Wrap<T>();
}
public SuperClass CommonMethod1()
{
// Do something
return this;
}
public SuperClass CommonMethod2()
{
// Do something else
return this;
}
// Many CommonMethods
}
public class SubClass : SuperClass
{
public WrapperClass<SomeClass> OptionalLastMethod1()
{
return base.GetWrapperClass<SomeClass>();
}
public WrapperClass<SomeOtherClass> OptionalLastMethod2()
{
return base.GetWrapperClass<SomeOtherClass>();
}
}
I would like to do something like this:
new SubClass()
.CommonMethod1()
.CommonMethod2() // Returns SuperClass
.OptionalLastMethod1(); // I would like to do something like this.
I would like to avoid casting SuperClass into SubClass like this:
var subClass = ((SubClass)new SubClass().CommonMethod1().CommonMethod2()).LastMethodToCall();
The Important point here is ease of use, not ease of implementation. Any input is appreciated.
Solved it by doing this. - removed some irrelevant code.
public class SuperClass<S> where S : SuperClass<S>
{
public S CommonMethod1()
{
// Do something
return (S) this;
}
public S CommonMethod2()
{
// Do something else
return (S) this;
}
// Many CommonMethods
}
public class SubClass : SuperClass<SubClass>
{
public WrapperClass<SomeClass> OptionalLastMethod1()
{
return base.GetWrapperClass<SomeClass>();
}
public WrapperClass<SomeOtherClass> OptionalLastMethod2()
{
return base.GetWrapperClass<SomeOtherClass>();
}
}