I am having a problem convincing Visual Studio and the compiler to use the correct method overload, possibly because of inheritance.
Given these objects:
Public Class Matrix
...
End Class
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maybe it's not a method exactly. here's what I'd like to do:
Private _Columns As ArrayList
Public Property Columns() As ArrayList
Get[code]....
which would allow me to conveniently set the property by assigning to it various kinds of collection types... except, I can't do it because apparently the Set method has to take an argument of the type of the property itself... I get the complaint:
'Set' parameter must have the same type as the containing property
is there a way to do this?
i recently discovered a nice feature called overloading, now the question is can i also do that for outputs? for example i want to call a function that would automatically return the datatype i assign the function toright now im geting an error saying "blabla and blabla cant overload eachother because they only differ by return types
View 3 RepliesI have a problem with the VB.NET compiler failing to compile a class (in a separate C# assembly) which contains two overloads of a method with generic arguments. The equivalent code in C# compiles against the same assembly with no errors. Here are the two method signatures:
protected void SetValue<T>(T newValue, ref T oldValue)
protected void SetValue<T>(T? newValue, ref T? oldValue) where T : struct
Here is the code to three assemblies that demonstrate the problem. The first is the C# assembly with a Base class that implements the generic methods. The second is a C# class derived from Base and calls both overloads of SetValue correctly. The third is a VB class also derived from Base, but fails to compile with the following error message:
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Am I doing something wrong in the VB code, or are C# & VB different when it comes to generic overload resolution? If I make the method arguments in Base non-generic then everything compiles correctly, but then I have to implement SetValue for every type that I wish to support.
This is a general question about Object Orientation and specifically overloading functions in .NET (or any other framework or language). I am looking at an application that has a lot of duplicate code. For example, have a look at the following functions: [code] I would of thought that best pratice would be to put: //code that is specifically relevant to Test1 variable in a separate function as it is common in both functions.
View 2 RepliesI use MVC a a programming pattern, in Win apps i simply pass the form to the controller. [code]...
View 2 RepliesI am working on this project and I am suppose to overload the method to allow strings instead of integer. Allow the user optionally add a thried string from a third text box. Okey I am trying to under stand this good. This is the code I have:
This is my overload class
Public Class OverloadEx
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So with my overload class instead of integer I should put string there? If the user clicks the add button it will allow the user to add all 3 text boxes but when the user click the add string it will allow the user to add all three text boxes to string. So do I click the add string button to overload it to that one just like I did with the add?
I need to overload a method in a windows control does anyone know how to get me started .... oh er missus.
View 2 RepliesIs there anyway to add an overload "extension method" to a method that already has one or more extension methods?For example theString.Contains method has two extension methods totalling 3 separate versions.Is there anyway to add an extra extension method also called "Contains" ?By the way I have tried it but the IDE does not seem to recognise additional EXTENSION methods where a method already hasone or more extension methods.Is there anyway around this restriction?In other words I would like to be able to change the Extension method below from"Contain" to "Contains" but it seems it is not recognised.
Option Strict On
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
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I have written a method to replace multiple characters in a string. Is it possible to overload my own method to the existing method "Replace" in the String namespace?
Function Replace(ByVal inValue As String, ByVal ParamArray replacechars() As String) As String
For i As Integer = 0 To UBound(replacechars) Step 2
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As you can see it have a different signature from the public method so I think it would be nice to have my method overloading the existing method
I can live with it if it isn't possible. See it as a "nice to have"
I have an application where I read a text file into a richtextbox and I am searching for an especific string then I should get the line number where the string is located, but I am getting a wrong result. Got to be something with my code and I can't findwhat's wrong.
Dim Index, Line, MaxLine As Integer
Dim FileText As New RichTextBox
'
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I've got a DataGridview I want to remove columns from as it greatly increases performance when I format the DGV. The first time I remove columns in a loop (using the removeat) property, everythings fine. But when I try to remove more columns in another loop, it appears to remove the wrong columns and displays the wrong data. In other words, it displays the wrong data and headers; and the columns it does show has headers and cells that don't match.
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I implemented a PagedModel class to wrap around IEnumerable to provide paging data for grids in my MVC app.I used Resharper's auto-generated Equality code telling it to check the data, total rows, page number, and page size fields.[code]I found the call to Equals(other._ModelData, _ModelData) peculiar, as AFAIK, this checks that it is the same object rather than that the contained items are the same. Because my tests were failing anyways, I went ahead and changed it to other._ModelData.Equals(_ModelData) with no success. Then I reflected into it at debug time and found that other._ ModelData.GetType().GetMethod("Equals",{GetType(Object)}).DeclaringType was Object! Obviously, that would result in the failed comparison.I came up with a solution to create a EnumerableEquals method which compares every item in the two enumerables to confirm the are the same, but it seems sloppy. Is there anything I can do to use the normal .Equals method? [code]
View 2 RepliesWhat scenarios would you consider operator overloading in .net?
View 5 RepliesI have a module with code that refers to controls on form1 form1.textbox1.text 'after adding the sub new overload below to my form my module gives me "reference to a non shared member requires an object reference" why is that? [code]
View 9 Repliespassing a variable to another formI have a module with code that refers to controls on form1form1.textbox1.text 'after adding the sub new overload below to my form my module gives me "reference to a non shared member requires an object reference"
View 2 RepliesI have a base class with the the following enum and property:
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First off, how do I do this - is it by simply overloading it? And secondly will my original property pick up the new enum automatically when using the derived class or will I need to overload that too?
i would like to hijack the assignment operator and do some customization before an instance of my class is assigned.
example:
Dim A as New MyClass
Dim B as MyClass = A
i want custom the behavior of = is that possible?
I wanna overload the ShowDilog for my form. I wanted to clarify whether the Owner should be passed as Value or Reference.
View 2 RepliesI have a weird situation. I have a C++ code that overloads the +,-,* operators and exports them in a .DLL file. Now, I want to import those overloaded operators from within VB.NET code. So it should be like this:
<DllImport("StructDLL.dll")> Public Shared Function
Operator +(ByVal a1 As A, ByVal a2 As A) As A
End Function
So what I'm trying to do above it just import the lovely overloaded operator + from the DLL.Note that the operator is already overloaded from inside the DLL, so should I import it as a Function or as an Operator like this?
<DllImport("StructDLL.dll")> Public Shared
Operator +(ByVal a1 As A, ByVal a2 As A) As A
End Operator
The overloaded plus operator is supposed to add structs. So the DLL is programmed to work on structs (C++) and I want to import it in VB.NET to work on Structures.
I need type parameter overloading as such:[code..]
so that i can New Map(Of Human) and the compiler will automatically match it to Public Class Map(Of TKey, TValue) and if i new Map(Of String) the compiler will automatically match it to Public Class Map(Of TKey As IEquatable(Of TKey), TValue) (since String is an IEquatable(Of String))
Right now my solution is to give the class different names as such:[code...]
I'm working together with someone on a project, but I'm writing code in VB.Net, and hes coding in VC++. I'm trying to get some kind of compatability going on, so I'm putting my support classes into a VB dll. I've tested it a little, and it seems that all of the functions work, but the operator overloading that I did in VB doesnt seem to carry over to C++.
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to overload several functions. These are first defined in an interface:
Code:
Namespace Scripting
Public Interface IGlobalFunctions
Overloads Function InOutBox(ByVal messageBoxText As String) As DialogResult
Overloads Function InOutBox(ByVal messageBoxText As String, ByVal caption As String) As DialogResult
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It complies and runs.. But I can only use the first version of InOutBox when I try to use the next one I get an error telling me: "Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment".
I have a class that implements an interface. Other objects will get an instance via a method like:
Dim AU1 as IAUC = GetAU(<some GUID>)
Dim AU2 as IAUC = GetAU(<some other GUID>)
What I would like to be able to do is this:If AU1 = AU2..The parts of the class that make up the interface could be equal when the rest of the class is not, and the equality of the interface objects (if you can call them that) is complicated. Several fields have to be compared in odd ways.One option I have is to just add an Equality method to the interface, which would work, but I would rather overload the = and <> operators. As far as I can see, you cannot overload operators as part of an interface, but I was hoping that I had overlooked something.
For good reasons I would like to have something like truckA = truckB + truckC where only the loads of the trucks are added, not the license plate numbers. Also I don't really want to return a new object (lots of overhead), just change one or two of the properties. Only thing I can come up with is truckA.Load = truckB.Load + truckC.Load, or at best truckA.Load = truckB + truckC which still doesn't look elegant, and - worse - still requires the creation of a new Load object.(this is just a way of stating my problem; the real objects are quite big and complicated) Currently I have a Sub isSumOf so the code reads TruckA.isSumOf(truckB, TruckC)
View 4 RepliesCan someone on the VB language team explain why a function result type is not part of the parameter signature?If it were then function overloads would also work for functions that only differ by the result type. In some cases, this is useful (aka cleaner code) especially when you have strongly typed data.
Other languages have this and implement it by considering the function result as an OUT parameter either as param 0 or at the end of the param list (stack) so existing type matching verification can be performed by the compiler.
In VB, the workaround is just messy and would be easily fixed by a language change. This example is overly simplified and not meant as a solid justification for the request Say you have a parse requiirement that takes a comma delimited string in the form: "31,32,33,34" or "bob,carol,ted,alice"
In you code,
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I have recently come across some code that has the following. First there is a Interface with the following function Function Validate() As Boolean. That interface is then implemented in the an 'ABSTRACT' class like this.
Public MustOverride Overloads Function Validate() As Boolean Implements IBusinessEntity.Validate
Question 1: Why use Overloads in the Abstract class implementation.
Question 2: The Abstract class is then inherited into a class (TestClass). In TestClass the Validate function is implemented as follows Public Overloads Overrides Function Validate() As Boolean. I understand the Overrides keyword is to insure that this is the version of the Validate that you want called and not the Abstract class version but why again use the keyword Overloads?
From what I understand you can overload a constructor of a class by simply changing the constructor signature. Also, you overload Methods and Properties of a class by using the Keyword Overloads. But why do it when your implementing an Interface method, or an Abstract Class method that's inherited.
Consider a MyForm class that contains a shadowed implementation of Show(). It also contains a CreateForm() method, which accepts an instance of the form and calls the shadowed sub:
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What I am doing is generic and has been done a thousand times, but I can't figure out how other programmers do this.
I am working with the Law of Sines to return an angle of A. There are two combinations, for instance:
Return Angle A given (side b, side a, angle B)
Return Angle A given (side c, side a, angle C)
----Note: All together there would be six, two for each angle)----
I can't overload the functions because the signatures are not unique. The parameters and return type are primitive type Double.
The use of Aliases works for reading the code but does nothing to resolve my issue.
One approach I thought of was to create a structure for each side and angle; however, I don't want to create any more complexity than needed.
Another solution could be using a strategy design pattern?
I've done plenty of Method Overloading, but now I have an instance where I would like to Overload a Property. The IDE in Visual Studio seems to allow it, since I can actually set up the two overloads, but I get an error saying it is not valid because they only differ in type. I think I'm missing something in my syntax?I want to be able to use two (or more) different custom classes as the Type for my property.
Public Overloads Property myFlexibleProperty() As myCustomClass1
Get
Return _myFlexibleProperty1
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