Is there any way for a parent class to force a shared signature on a child class?
I know that if I want an inherited class to require an implementation of an instance member, all I have to do is provide a MustInherit member. But I want a shared member to be available with its own exectution for a child class so I can insure it is available. Ideas?
I.E., I want to know that inherited classes from a certain ParentClass always have a "Shared Function Create As ParentClass" available so a factory object can create the object by calling this known signature. Unfortunately, you can't apply interface members to shared scoped members. This create method will be implemented differently for each inherited class.
ideas?
Thanks,
B.J.
I know that if I want an inherited class to require an implementation of an instance member, all I have to do is provide a MustInherit member. But I want a shared member to be available with its own exectution for a child class so I can insure it is available. Ideas?
I.E., I want to know that inherited classes from a certain ParentClass always have a "Shared Function Create As ParentClass" available so a factory object can create the object by calling this known signature. Unfortunately, you can't apply interface members to shared scoped members. This create method will be implemented differently for each inherited class.
ideas?
Thanks,
B.J.
