Base class as type

Question

Since I can't have multiple base classes, I am looking forward to pass a base class as a type. Is it possible in c#?

Example:

public class MyClass : Base1<Base2> {}

public class Base1<TBase> : TBase 
{
    m1();
}

public class Base2
{
    m2();
}

This way I can access m1() and m2() from MyClass

Thanks in advance.

this sounds like the xy problem. what are you hoping to accomplish? can you use interfaces? — Daniel A. White, Apr 01 '16 at 13:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

As others have suggested in the comments, you should probably use composition instead of trying to have multiple inheritance. In your case, that might look something like this:

public class MyClass
{
    public Base1 Base1 { get; set; }
    public Base2 Base2 { get; set; }
}

public class Base1
{
    public void m1() { }
}

public class Base2
{
    public void m2() { }
}


// use like
myClass.Base1.m1();

Base class as type

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