Can you allow a class to be inherited, but prevent the method from being over-ridden?

 Posted by Raja on 4/27/2008 | Category: C# Interview questions | Views: 9229
Answer:

Yes. Just leave the class public and make the method sealed.


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Posted by: Gryptonite on: 2/4/2013 | Points: 10
Sealed Example:

class A
{
protected virtual void SomeMethod()
{
}
}

class B: A
{
sealed protected override void SomeMethod()
{
}
}

class C: B
{
protected override void SomeMethod() <-- this will cause a comile error since class B has sealed it from being overridden
{
}
}

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