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How to hide method so you can't access?
I want to hide a method so that it is not accessible from an outside of the class.
public class MyList : List<object>
{
//optional method
public new void Insert( int index, object item )
{
}
}
public class MyClass
{
public MyClass()
{
MyList ml = new MyList();
//I want Insert to be hidden, so I can't access it
//ml.Insert();
}
}
declare the method as private.
If though you are overriding a method, the method must be declared as public. To overcome this, you can put another wrapper class around the current class, and label the inner class as private
Example:
Example:
//Shell class has access to the MyList class. Doing this will hide the Insert method from non Shell objects
public class Shell{
private class MyList : List<object>
{
//optional method
public new void Insert( int index, object item )
{
}
}
}ASKER
Declaring method as private does not solve the problem, base Insert is still accessible.
public class Shell{
private class MyList : List<object>
{
//define all hidden methods here
}
private MyList list;
public Shell(){
list = new MyList();
}
//Define public methods here that the user can use. Do not
//show the MyList class
}
In the example above the Shell class will have access to the list variable, that is a MyList. However, when you initialize the Shell class, you cannot however use the Insert function, since the MyList class is hidden
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Is there no other way, maybe with an attribute, to hide a method? Now I need to call Shell.List to access methods, otherwise I need to specify all methods in Shell class if I what them to bee accessed directly.
That's a good question. I have come across this type of thing, but I don't no of another way around it. I will put something up if I figure something out