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Mausimo
Mausimo

Reputation: 8168

Is using multiple base pages with inheritance the right choice?

Should I be using multiple base pages with inheritance or is there a better strategy?

Contrived Example:

Currently I have 20 webpages and they all use my base-page "BasePage".

ie.) Page1 : BasePage

BasePage provides functions:

Now I decide that 5 of my 20 webpages require the BasePage functions as well as 3 additional functions and a Page_Load():

Do I now create another base page like this:

MySecondBasePage : BasePage

and then put Function4(), Function5(), Function6() and Page_Load() in it?

Or is there a better/"proper" strategy to doing this? Should I be using classes?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 235

Answers (2)

Pasha Bitz
Pasha Bitz

Reputation: 787

Yes, creating MySecondBasePage which inherits from BasePage seems to be the right way in your case. Then, in the 5 "special" pages, you inherit MySecondBasePage instead of BasePage.

This is the proper class hierarchy for your situation.

Upvotes: 1

Jon Hanna
Jon Hanna

Reputation: 113322

Yes.

Inheritance is not just about re-use (since we have other ways to do that), but also about managing complexity. This is a nice simple hierarchy that (assuming your real names are a bit better than "SecondPageBase") will help make it clear what is happening where, and why.

Upvotes: 1

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