Make abstract class only visible to my classes

[wey97]

I have an abstract class and I only want it visible to my classes only. If somebody references the library, I don't want them to be able to inherit from my abstract class.

// Class1.cs

abstract class Class1
{
}

// Class2.cs

public class Class2 : Class1
{
}

The compile error tells me Class1 is less accessible than Class2.

Making Class1 public works but it makes it visible and (inheritable) by any other class but I only want it to be inherited by the classes I specify. Is this possible or necessary?

[sixfeetsix]

Use internal instead of public.

It makes your class only accessible for the project in which it is located.

[sixfeetsix]

excuse my previous post, it doesn't address your problem effectively.