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Electric Coffee
Electric Coffee

Reputation: 12104

How do I make a method that uses the object name in c#?

Say I have a class called Enabler
I make an instance of the class like I'd normally do (in semi-pseudo c# code)

bool cond;
Enabler enable = new Enabler(cond);

the problem arises when I call the Enabler's method called Enable, it's not so much of a problem as it is horribly verbose

enable.Enable(/*some code to enable*/);

the real problem arises when I do this:

Enabler disable = new Enabler(!cond); //reverse condition

disable.Enable(/*some code to disable*/); //this makes no sense semantically

so I'm looking for a way to do something like this:

Enabler enable = new Enabler(cond);
Enabler disable = new Enabler(!cond);

// then simply call the method by the object name like this:
enable(/*something to enable*/); //uses the object name as the method name
disable(/*something to disable*/);

this makes loads more sense semantically than saying disable.Enable

is there any way to do this at all?

just like it's possible to do a this[], is it also possible to make a this() of sorts?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 119

Answers (2)

Dominik G
Dominik G

Reputation: 1479

afaik it's not possible to do something like this. But if you can Disable and Enable with your "Enabler" class, "Enabler" probably is not the right name anyway.

What about "Toggler" or something more verbose?

Edit: @Nahum's answer is also a good hint. To have well maintainable code, you should change both imo.

Upvotes: 3

Nahum
Nahum

Reputation: 7197

just call the method Activate or Execute

and have two instances

Enabler enable= new Enabler(cond);
Enabler disable = new Enabler(!cond);

enable.Activate()

disable.Activate()

Also I feel enabler is a bad class name.

Your class handles both Enabling and Disabling it is not clear from your class name what it does.

You should name it StatusChanger or whatever is appropriate for your application.

Also why don't you just have two methods, enable and disable?

Upvotes: 2

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