[Resolved] Overriding...

[crptcblade]

Let's say I want to inherit Hashtable, and restrict it to allow only strings. I have this...

	public class Class1:Hashtable
	{
		public Class1() {}

		public override void Add(string key, string value)
		{
		}
 
	}

Which works great in VB (when converted to VB syntax, that is) but in C# I get "no suitable method found to override".

What am I missing?

[Memnoch1207]

Apparently, it won't let you override the Add() because the signature of the baseclasses Add() takes 2 objects and the method you are trying to use to override it takes 2 strings.

The code below worked for me, but not when the 2 parameters in the Add method were strings.

using System;
using System.Collections;

public class myClass : Hashtable
{
	public override void Add(object key, object value)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Key is {0}, value is {1}", key, value);
	}
}

class newClass
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		myClass y = new myClass();
		y.Add("test", "test2");
	}
}

[crptcblade]

Well, the basic goal here is to make a type safe collection. So how would I go about only allowing certain object types, string in this case to be added? And why does this work in VB.NET and not C#?

[Memnoch1207]

This may help you.

[crptcblade]

Originally posted by Memnoch1207
This may help you.

Very much so. Thanks