Overloading Derived Members
You can use the overloading technique described in Chapter 7 also within derived classes, with a few differences. You saw in Chapter 7 how overloaded members must not be marked with the Overloads
keyword within a class. Instead in a derived class using the Overloads
keyword is mandatory if you implement a new overload of a member with different signature. The following code provides an example of overloading the FullName
method within the Contact
class that you previously saw:
If another signature of the member is available within the derived class, the Overloads
keyword is required; otherwise, the compiler throws a ...
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