C# equivalent for VB Class DEFAULT method

[Mortimer Schnurd]

In VB, I could assign a "Default" to a class method. In that way, a
reference to the Class always returns the result of that
method/property (i.e. a reference to a textbox control always returns
the contents of textbox.text).
What is the C# equivalent? Is it the Indexer for that class?

--
John Wood

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Re: C# equivalent for VB Class DEFAULT method

Mortimer,

The indexer is the only thing on a class that can be called by default.
Personally, I think that it is very dangerous to have such a thing (not
indexers, but default properties), because it creates ambiguities in the
code. One of my biggest pet peeves was ADO, when using a recordset, you
could do:

' pobjRs is an ADODB.Recordset
pobjRs("fieldNa me")

Where the above is shorthand for:

pobjRs.Fields.I tem("fieldName" ).Value

The latter piece of code gives a much better idea of what the intent is,
IMO.

Hope this helps.

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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mvp@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

"Mortimer Schnurd" <fugetaboutit@h otsmail.com> wrote in message
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> In VB, I could assign a "Default" to a class method. In that way, a
> reference to the Class always returns the result of that
> method/property (i.e. a reference to a textbox control always returns
> the contents of textbox.text).
> What is the C# equivalent? Is it the Indexer for that class?
>
> --
> John Wood[/color]

[Mortimer Schnurd]

Re: C# equivalent for VB Class DEFAULT method

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:19:00 -0500, in msg
<uC9TBS$FEHA.26 64@TK2MSFTNGP11 .phx.gbl>, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C#
MVP]" <mvp@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote:
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>Mortimer,
>
> The indexer is the only thing on a class that can be called by default.
>Personally, I think that it is very dangerous to have such a thing (not
>indexers, but default properties), because it creates ambiguities in the
>code. One of my biggest pet peeves was ADO, when using a recordset, you
>could do:[/color]

Thanks Nicholas, that does help. I do agree with your philosophy
regarding defaults and I rarely ever use them in code, However,
assigning a default in a VB class made it very easy for me to identify
content while debugging and "hovering" over an object.

--
Regards,
John Wood

--
John Wood a.k.a Mortimer Schnurd

http://www.loosemarbles.com

[Hans Kesting]

Re: C# equivalent for VB Class DEFAULT method


"Mortimer Schnurd" <fugetaboutit@h otsmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:19:00 -0500, in msg
> <uC9TBS$FEHA.26 64@TK2MSFTNGP11 .phx.gbl>, "Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C#
> MVP]" <mvp@spam.guard .caspershouse.c om> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Mortimer,
> >
> > The indexer is the only thing on a class that can be called by[/color][/color]
default.[color=blue][color=green]
> >Personally, I think that it is very dangerous to have such a thing (not
> >indexers, but default properties), because it creates ambiguities in the
> >code. One of my biggest pet peeves was ADO, when using a recordset, you
> >could do:[/color]
>
> Thanks Nicholas, that does help. I do agree with your philosophy
> regarding defaults and I rarely ever use them in code, However,
> assigning a default in a VB class made it very easy for me to identify
> content while debugging and "hovering" over an object.
>
> --
> Regards,
> John Wood
>
> --
> John Wood a.k.a Mortimer Schnurd
> http://www.loosemarbles.com[/color]


Would an override of the ToString() method help here?

Hans Kesting