Re: How to access this static variable

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Static members aren't what you want here. Read-only properties sound like a better approach. You could try something like this (not tested):

public interface ILanguage
{
string Test { get; }
}

public class English : ILanguage
{
public string Test
{
get { return "test"; }
}
}

public class French : ILanguage
{
public string Test
{
get { return "le test"; }
}
}

A different approach might be:

public class Localization
{
private Dictionary<string, string> Strings;

static Localization(string lang)
{
// Load appropriate data into this.Strings from XML, SQL, etc.
}
}

You could then provide an indexer to access the values as follows:

Localization loc = new Localization("en");
loc["test"] // output would be "test"


"LamSoft" <[nospam]lamsoft@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uefBMnUyHHA.4824@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am trying to make a language file and put all Static variables into each different cs.
For example:


Class english : language{
public static string TEST = "test";
}

Class chinese : language {
public static string TEST = "´ú¸Õ";
}

Class language {}




and now i wanna access the TEST variable, but according to which language is being selected ..

and I expected the following and something like that...

Language myLanguage = new english();
myLanguage.TEST // output will be "test"

Language myLanguage = new chinese();
myLanguage.TEST // output will be "´ú¸Õ"


Thank you very much.



"Patrice" <http://www.chez.com/scribe/> wrote in message news:Ohwcf%23TyHHA.5484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You may want to explain what you are trying to do so that we can understand why not using A.ABC is not something that fit your needs and why accessing static members through an instance member would make sense. It could raise alternate approach to the problem you are trying to solve..

---
Patrice


"LamSoft" <[nospam]lamsoft@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news: eFWxziTyHHA.1100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
But there are not only 1 static variable in Class A, .... i don't wanna make every function for each static variable





"Hans Kesting" <news.2.hansdk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:c04e80a71b5bb8c9975e161250ae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Class B { public B() {} }

Class A : B {
public static string ABC = "myABC";
public A() {}
}
main Program:

B myObject = new A();

and now is it possible to access "ABC" through "myObject" without
modifying the source code in Class A and Class B.

Thanks



As it's a static variable (in type A), you can only access it through the Type A:
A.ABC, not through an instance.

Type B doesn't know anything about things declared in derived types (like A),
so your myObject (which is "just a B") doesn't know anything about that ABC.

*if* B declares a (virtual) method:
public virtual string MyMethod() { return "nil"; }
and A overrides it:
public override string MyMethod() { return A.ABC; }
then your myObject can still access the contents of ABC, using this MyMethod()

Hans Kesting









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