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John_
John_

Reputation: 2981

ASP.NET System.Web.Abstractions why were they created as an abstract Base class?

As above really, I'm wondering why Microsoft released the abstractions as abstract classes instead of interfaces?

I would be interested in any insights because I need to do something similar for standard things like System.IO features for File and Directory, however I feel that an interface would feel nicer?

There must be a good reason why an abstract was chosen instead, other than the fact it fits into their assembly namespace better, System.Web.ABSTRACTions.

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 216

Answers (1)

Matt Hamilton
Matt Hamilton

Reputation: 204229

I believe Phil (Haack, from the ASP.NET MVC team) explained this decision on his blog. Check out this post:

Versioning Issues With Abstract Base Classes and Interfaces

Upvotes: 3

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