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Is it possible to override a property and return a derived type in VB.NET?

Consider the following classes representing an Ordering system: Public Class OrderBase Public MustOverride Property OrderItem as OrderItemBase End Class Public Class OrderItemBase End Class Now, suppose we want to extend these classes to a more specific set of order classes, keeping the aggregate nature of OrderBase: Public Clas...

error C3662: override specifier 'new' only allowed on member functions of managed classes

Okay, so I'm trying to override a function in a parent class, and getting some errors. here's a test case #include <iostream> using namespace std; class A{ public: int aba; void printAba(); }; class B: public A{ public: void printAba() new; }; void A::printAba(){ cout << "aba1" << endl; } void B::printAba() new{...

Python: how to inherite and override

Consider this situation: I get an object of type A which has the function f. I.e: class A: def f(self): print 'in f' def h(self): print 'in h' and I get an instance of this class but I want to override the f function but save the rest of the functionality of A. So what I was thinking was something of the sort: clas...

Can i override an abstract method written in a parent class, with a different name in a child class?

abstract class SettingSaver { public abstract void add(string Name, string Value); public abstract void remove(string SettingName); } class XMLSettings : SettingSaver { public override void add(string Name, string Value) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } ...

Can a super mess up and override in actionscript 3.0

I'm doing a project at uni to make a game in actionscript, using object orientated programing, but I've hit a problem in the very final stages where it seems like the super stops my overrides from working is this possible? and if so how can I get round it? ...

Autoproperty failing in IronPython works in Python?

I have this following python code, it works fine in python but fails with the following error in IronPython 2.6 any ideas as to why? ====================================================================== ERROR: testAutoProp (__main__.testProperty) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most...

Is it possible to override drupal_build_css_cache?

Since it's bad practice to modify drupal_build_css_cache directly , does drupal allow overriding this function somehow? ...

How do you call a method for an Objective-C object's superclass from elsewhere?

If you're implementing a subclass, you can, within your implementation, explicitly call the superclass's method, even if you've overridden that method, i.e.: [self overriddenMethod]; //calls the subclass's method [super overriddenMethod]; //calls the superclass's method What if you want to call the superclass's method from somewhere o...

Given a PHP class would be the best and simplest way to override one or two of its methods with one of your own?

Here's the objective. I have a PHP class and there are one or two of its methods that I would like to override with my own. As I understand OOP (in PHP and in general) I could write a child class that extends it and overrides the functionality of the methods in question. However, I was wondering if this is the best way of achieving this...

Rails: Overriding ActiveRecord association method

Is there a way to override one of the methods provided by an ActiveRecord association? Say for example I have the following typical polymorphic has_many :through association: class Story < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :taggings, :as => :taggable has_many :tags, :through => :taggings, :order => :name end class Tag < ActiveRecor...

Best practise for overriding static classes

As it is not possible to override a static class in c#, if i want to override a method I generally define a delegate matching the signature of the static method, then modify the method along the lines of: public static void foo(int bar) { if (delegatename!=null) { delegatename.Invoke(bar); } else { //execute previous cod...

Overriding a method in statically created objects

All, Due to a bug in a library I'm using, I need to override the dispose() method on all objects extending a certain class and make it a NO-OP. I know that if I'm making new instances of the classes directly, this is easy to do: layerManager = new LayerManagerLayer(wwd) { @Override public void dispose() {} }; The problem is ...

What's the proper way to override Rails ActiveRecord creation/deletion events in a subclass, such as after_create

Hi, I have a class heirarchy as follows: class A < ActiveRecord::Base after_create { |i| #do something } end class B < A after_create { |i| #do something else after what A did } end I want to have A's behavior performed in B when after_create is invoked, but I am not sure of the proper way to write the after_create me...

Why does this C# code compile fine when there is an ambiguous virtual method?

I have a class (Class B) that inherits another class (Class A) that contains virtual methods. Mistakenly, I omitted the override keyword when declaring a (supposed to be) overriding method in Class B. Class A public class ClassA{ public virtual void TestMethod(){ } } Class B public class ClassB : ClassA{ public void Tes...

Overriding as_json has no effect?

I'm trying to override as_json in one of my models, partly to include data from another model, partly to strip out some unnecessary fields. From what I've read this is the preferred approach in Rails 3. To keep it simple, let's say I've got something like: class Country < ActiveRecord::Base def as_json(options={}) super( :o...

Is there a standard SQL Table design for overriding 'big picture' default values with lower level details?

Here's an example. Suppose we are trying to calculate a service charge. Say sales in the USA attract a 10 dollar charge, sales in the UK attract a 20 dollar charge So far it's easy - we are starting to imagine a table that lists charges by country. Now lets assume that Alaska and Hawaii are treated as special cases they are both 15 d...

Detect if a method was overridden using Reflection (C#)

Say I have a base class TestBase where I define a vistual method TestMe() class TestBase { public virtual bool TestMe() { } } Now I inherit this class: class Test1 : TestBase { public override bool TestMe() {} } Now, using Reflection, I need to find if the method TestMe has been overriden in child class - is it possible? ...

Overriding vs Virtual

What is the purpose of using the reserved word virtual in front of functions? If I want a child class to override a parent function, I just declare the same function such as "void draw(){}". class Parent{ public: void say(){ std::cout << "1"; }}; class Child : public Parent{public:void say(){ std::cout << "2"; } }; int main() { C...

Where in the standard is forwarding to a base class required in these situations?

Maybe even better is: Why does the standard require forwarding to a base class in these situations? (yeah yeah yeah - Why? - Because.) class B1 { public: virtual void f()=0; }; class B2 { public: virtual void f(){} }; class D : public B1,public B2{ }; class D2 : public B1,public B2{ public: using B2::f; }; class D3 : publ...

WPF: RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Unspecified" vs "Alias" override global setting with local setting

Hello, in the ressource-tag of my MainWindowView.xaml I have this markup: RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Aliased" to get a general sharp look of my whole application. Using mostly rectangular shapes/controls this works fine. But for my validation error symbols I use a red ellipse with a white cross or "X" in it. The ellipse is using now th...