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ricardo

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inheriting methods with different parameters

Jan 18 2009 7:47 AM

Hi everyone!

First of all I want to apologize if this is some kind of repost. Unfortunately I don't even know what keywords to search. I have something like this:

abstract class BaseValueClass { ... }

 

class IntegerValue : BaseValueClass {

   public int CompareTo(IntegerValue integerValue) {...}

 }

 

class StringValue : BaseValueClass {

   public int CompareTo(StringValue stringValue) {...}

}

It's a dumb example, I know. But it is a simple way to explain what I want do achieve. Now, I have a collection:

List<BaseValueClass> valueList = ...;

I want to iterate all the items in valueList and I want to call the CompareTo method. How can I achieve this? How can I declare the CompareTo method in the BaseValueClass and override it in the derived classes, knowing that this method will have diferrent parameters in each one of the derived classes?

 

Thanks!


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