Virtual methods are methods that can be overridden in inheriting (derived) classes. By default, in .NET, methods are not virtual. In order to declare a method as virtual, we need to declare it using the keyword virtual, like so:
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Virtual Methods
Sunday, December 8th, 2019Best practices when using methods and functions
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017There are two main reasons why methods and functions are even used. First one, which I already mentioned in a few of the previous posts, is code re-usability. The second is modularization of the code, splitting of complex tasks into smaller sub-tasks, which can offer us a better overview of the entire functionality.… Read more
Methods and functions signature
Monday, April 17th, 2017I talked in the previous lesson about methods and functions signatures, and I offered there a brief explanation on the topic. It is time to explain this new concept in more detail. At a basic level, there are only two things that are mandatory to specify a method or function signature: the parameters type and the order in which the parameters are listed.… Read more
Methods and functions declaration
Sunday, April 9th, 2017Methods and functions declarations is actually a three step process: declaration, implementation, call of our method or function.
- Declaration is the process of writing the method type, name and eventual parameters, so the program can successfully identify it.
- Implementation of a method is writing the actual code that will be executed when the method is executed.
