Overriding Shared Members
Shared members cannot be overridden. This means that you can only use them as they have been inherited from the base class or provide a shadowing implementation for creating a new definition from scratch. For example, consider this simplified implementation of the Person class, which exposes a shared Counter property:
Public Class Person Public Shared Property Counter As IntegerEnd Class
If you now create a Contact class that inherits from Person, you can use the Counter property as previously implemented, or you can shadow the base definition as follows:
Public Class Contact Inherits Person Public Shared Shadows Property Counter As IntegerEnd Class ...
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