Name
MyClass Keyword
Syntax
MyClass
Description
MyClass
is a reference to the class in which the
keyword is used.
Rules at a Glance
When using
MyClass
(as opposed toMe
) to qualify a method invocation, as in:MyClass.IncSalary( )
the method is treated as if it was declared using the
NotOverridable
keyword. Thus, regardless of the type of the object at runtime, the method called is the one declared in the class containing this statement (and not in any derived classes). The upcoming example illustrates this difference betweenMyClass
andMe
.MyClass
cannot be used with shared members.
Example
The following code defines a class, Class1, and a derived class, Class1Derived, each of which has an IncSalary method.
Public Class Class1 Public Overridable Function IncSalary(ByVal sSalary As Single) _ As Single IncSalary = sSalary * CSng(1.1) End Function Public Sub ShowIncSalary(ByVal sSalary As Single) MsgBox(Me.IncSalary(sSalary)) MsgBox(MyClass.IncSalary(sSalary)) End Sub End Class Public Class Class1Derived Inherits Class1 Public Overrides Function IncSalary(ByVal sSalary As Single) As Single IncSalary = sSalary * CSng(1.2) End Function End Class
Now consider the following code, placed in a form module:
Dim c1 As New Class1( ) Dim c2 As New Class1Derived( ) Dim c1var As Class1 c1var = c1 c1var.ShowIncSalary(10000) ' Shows 11000, 11000 c1var = c2 c1var.ShowIncSalary(10000) ' Shows 12000, 11000
The first call to ShowIncSalary is made using a variable of type Class1 that refers to an object of type ...
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