Not inheriting members from the base

16 May 2006 6:50 AM

Water Cooler v2

If I recall correctly, in C++ there was an access specifier that could
label a data member of a class as "can be accessed by everyone else
EXCEPT the derived class" -- an accurate opposite of "protected". I
think I allude to the "friend" modifier in C++, which is different from
the VB.NET "friend".

Does VB.NET have any such specifier? Is there a method for a child
class to "not" inherit some properties off its base class?

16 May 2006 7:28 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Water Cooler v2" <wtr_***@yahoo.com> schrieb:
> If I recall correctly, in C++ there was an access specifier that could
> label a data member of a class as "can be accessed by everyone else
> EXCEPT the derived class" -- an accurate opposite of "protected". I
> think I allude to the "friend" modifier in C++, which is different from
> the VB.NET "friend".
>
> Does VB.NET have any such specifier?

No.

> Is there a method for a child class to "not" inherit some properties off
> its base class?

Basically no, except those properties are marked as 'Private'. Then they
cannot be accessed by the derived class.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
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17 May 2006 4:21 AM

Michael D. Ober

In this case, you'd be better off not using inheritance. Rather, create a
private class variable of the type you would have inherited from. If the
base class is marked "must-inherit", create a private class type inside your
class and then create a variable of your intermediate class type.

Doing this will block any inheritance from passing from the base class up
through your class.

Mike Ober.

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> If I recall correctly, in C++ there was an access specifier that could
> label a data member of a class as "can be accessed by everyone else
> EXCEPT the derived class" -- an accurate opposite of "protected". I
> think I allude to the "friend" modifier in C++, which is different from
> the VB.NET "friend".
>
> Does VB.NET have any such specifier? Is there a method for a child
> class to "not" inherit some properties off its base class?
>