extend a vb.net class

[Kevin]

Hello,

I do not have experience extending a vb.net class and would like some
assistance. I want to extend the Microsoft.Solutions.Framework.Address
class to include a phone number. How do i do this?

Kevin

 

[Guest]

Assuming Microsoft.Solutions.Framework.Address is not a sealed class, just
create a new class and inherit from it. I’ve never written any VB, but here’s
my guess as to what your class should look like:

Class ExtendedAddress
Inherits Microsoft.Solutions.Framework.Address

Public PhoneNumber As String
End Class

Hope that helps.

 

[Hans Kesting]

Hello,

I do not have experience extending a vb.net class and would like some
assistance. I want to extend the Microsoft.Solutions.Framework.Address
class to include a phone number. How do i do this?

Kevin

In case you are confused by the terminology:

When you "extend" a class, you create a *new* class, that inherits
(all) functionality of the baseclass, and adds some more
(and/or changes some behaviour: overrides a method).
It's not possible to change that baseclass itself (unless you have
access to the sourcecode ).

Hans Kesting

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Extensing and inheriting are 2 terms for the same thing. One extends a class
by inheriting it, and adding or changing the inherited class.

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