Re: How to call the subclass's method?

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From: William Stacey [MVP] (staceywREMOVE_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:49:14 -0400

If the method is unique to the subclass you may not want it virtual as other
subclasses may not need it. Have you tried to cast the object to the
subclass type like this:

mySubclass msc = (mySubclass)mc;
msc.methodOfSubclass(); 

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William Stacey, MVP
"Quentin Huo" <q.huo@manyworlds.com> wrote in message
news:uCK7v#9JEHA.3436@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I created a class "myClass" and another class "mySubclass" which inherited
> from "myClass". In the "mySubclass", there is a public method named
> "methodOfSubclass(...)" which is not defined in "myClass".
>
> In a client program I tried to call the "methodOfSubclass(...)", like
>
> ......
> myClass mc;
> mc = new mySubclass();
> mc.methodOfSubclass(...);
> ......
>
> but I got an error message when I tried to compile it:
>
> '...myClass' does not contain a definition for 'methodOfSubclass'
>
> What is the problem? Do I have to create a virtual method
> "methodOfSubclass(...)" in "myClass" and override it in "mwSubclass"? Any
> other solutions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Q.
>
>
>

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