Looking for a way to explicitly call a method inside a nested class in C# 7.3

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In C# v7.3 (not 8.0), I'm looking for a solution for the following desired design:
Right now I'm not sure between implementation of an Interface or an Abstract class (at the moment this is not the subject of the discussion)
but my desired goal is to call the method explicitly:
Let's say I have 2 Interfaces:

C#

public interface IDirectory
{	
	object Get(string name);	
}
public interface IFile
{	
	object Get(string name);	
}

And a class (which should implement the methods in the Interfaces):

C#

public class StorageAccount : IDirectory, IFile
{
	//....
}

I want to be able to call the methods in the following way when creating the StorageAccount instance:

C#

StorageAccount sa = new StorageAccount();
var res1 = sa.IFile.Get("something");
var res2 = sa.IDirectory.Get("something");

Alternatively, if it can be implemented using an abstract class, this is also an option for me:

C#

public abstract class BaseStorageAccount : Directory
{
	//....
}    
public class Directory : File
{
	public virtual object Get(string name)
	{
		return null;
	}
}
public class File 
{
	public virtual object Get(string name)
	{
		return null;
	}
}

Is this doable?

What I have tried:

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Posted 20-Aug-22 23:21pm

oronsultan

Updated 21-Aug-22 1:05am

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PIEBALDconsult 22-Aug-22 20:16pm

Bad idea, go back and re-think.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2022-08-21T01:05:00

Solution 1

You do it by declaring a variable of the interface / abstract class type you need: the type defines which method is called:

C#

StorageAccount sa = new StorageAccount();
IFile saFile = sa;
var res1 = saFile.Get("something");
IDirectory saDir = sa;
var res2 = saDirectory.Get("something");

Alternatively, you can cast it:

C#

StorageAccount sa = new StorageAccount();
var res1 = ((IFile) sa).Get("something");
var res2 = ((IDirectory) sa).Get("something");

Posted 21-Aug-22 1:05am

OriginalGriff

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oronsultan 21-Aug-22 7:52am

Thanks for the reply.
It's a good start but not exactly what I was aiming for.
What I'm looking for is actually an option to write it like this:
Suppose we're writing an Interface (IStorageAccount) that contain both others: IDirectory & IFile.
Now let's say that IStorageAccount is inherited by StorageAccount class.
I want to be able to use this syntax:
var res = StorageAccount.IDirectory.Get("something");
var res = StorageAccount.IFile.Get("something");
By the way, you didn't take into account the case that both interfaces hold the same method with the same signature and you want to use recursion.

[no name] 21-Aug-22 11:02am

Creating interfaces (or descendants) that are essentially duplicates where only the name of the interface or class varies is pretty meaningless to start with. Your "Get", regardless of interface, retrieves the same "thing". There is no "recursion" involved.