Hello, here is a question for c# gurus...

I am trying to conceptually do this

public interface IContentWebControl
{
    static string GetLink();
    static string bool IsReachable(int UserId);
}

public MyLoginControl : MyCompany.MyStandardUserControl ,IContentWebControl
{
    static string GetLink() {}
    static IsReachable(int UserId) {}
    // ...
}

public MyCheckOutControl : MyCompany.MyStandardUserControl ,IContentWebControl
{
    static string GetLink() {}
    static IsReachable(int UserId) {}
    // ...
}

This does not work because the methods inside the interface cannot be static. The compiler complains.

Is there a way to achieve the same result by other means?

I also tried to make virtual method in the MyCompany.MyStandardUserControl base class but static methods
are not allowed ;) good try though...

Right now, I am using reflection to scan types that derive from MyCompany.MyStandardUserControl
on application start up and look for a GetLink() method with the right prototype.

This is a start up check that catches the classes that did not implement a GetLink()
method. It works fine and it makes you love System.Reflection but it would be better
at compile time.


Ideas?

CF

Hello,
you cant have any Static Object (like Methods or <s>Fields</s>) in an interface because there is no implementation in an interface so we cant have instances of an interface and so there is no meaning that we could have a static method in an interface ....

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Mehdi.:)

That's right, we can't have any static in an interface which was the whole point of my post ;)

I have posted on other list and my approach using reflection seems to be one of the viable approaches.

It works great BTW

Hmm,yes ...
I had a mistake in my previous post,
we cant use Fields in an interface.
cfouquet,I think you could achieve fields too!!! :D

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Mehdi.:)