Hi all,

I have a problem implementing an interface.

I have an object class, an interface class, and a tester class

Object Class:

Public Class MainObject

    Dim intID As Integer = 1
    Dim strName As String = "Brett"

    Public Property ID() As Integer
        Get
            Return intID
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As Integer)
            intID = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property Name() As String
        Get
            Return strName
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            strName = value
        End Set
    End Property

End Class



Interface Class:

Public Interface InterfaceObject1

    Property ID() As Integer

    Property Name() As String

End Interface



Tester Class:

Public Class Tester

    Public Function GetName() As String
        Dim objMainObject As InterfaceObject1 = New MainObject
        Return objMainObject.Name
    End Function

End Class


When the GetName function is called in the tester class, I get the following error message:

Unable to cast object of type 'MainObject' to type 'InterfaceObject1'.

Can someone please help me, I know something is wrong but don't know what.

Thanks.

Brett:(

Hmm, wow. You Interface is pointless in the example you have provided as you don't implement the interface in your MainObject class. (You do implement the properties defined in your interface, however, there isn't an interface enforcing you to implement them)

This is an invalid cast in any case.

What you should be doing is:

Public Class MainObject
Implements InterfaceObject1
...code
End Class

And then:
Dim objMainObject as new MainObject()
return objMainObject.Name



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