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Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with C#

You're reading from   Hands-On Object-Oriented Programming with C# Build maintainable software with reusable code using C#

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788296229
Length 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Sur Abhishek Sur
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Preface 1. Overview of C# as a Language FREE CHAPTER 2. Hello OOP - Classes and Objects 3. Implementation of OOP in C# 4. Object Collaboration 5. Exception Handling 6. Events and Delegates 7. Generics in C# 8. Modeling and Designing Software 9. Visual Studio and Associated Tools 10. Exploring ADO.NET with Examples 11. New Features in C# 8 12. Understanding Design Patterns and Principles 13. Git - The Version Control System 14. Prepare Yourself - Interviews and the Future 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Covariance and contravariance

There are two important delegate features. What we have learned so far is that normally, to register a method in a delegate, the method has to match the signature of the delegate. This means that the return type and the parameters of the method and the delegate have to be the same. However, with the use of the concepts of covariance and contravariance, you can actually register methods to a delegate that don't have the same return types or parameters. The delegate will then be able to execute them when called.

Covariance is when you assign a method to a delegate that has a return type that is a derived type of the delegate's return type. For example, if class B is derived from class A, and if the delegate returns class A, then a method can be registered to the delegate that returns class B. Let's look at the example in the following...

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