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user3442500
user3442500

Reputation: 21

Two interfaces have same method

Interface A
{
    int Add(int a,int b);
}

Interface B
{
    int Add(int a,int b);
}

Class D : A, B
{
    int Add(int a,int b)
    {
        return a+b;
    }
}

Code works fine and didn't produce any error. Class D is using which interface's method?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 131

Answers (3)

David
David

Reputation: 219077

Class D is using which interface's method?

Neither. Interfaces don't have methods, they only define the method signatures which the implementations should have. You're thinking of it backwards.

  • D doesn't use A's or B's method.
  • A uses D's method on any instance of A which has D as it's implementation.
  • B uses D's method on any instance of B which has D as it's implementation.

D satisfies both interfaces A and B by providing that method.

Upvotes: 1

LB2
LB2

Reputation: 4860

Since method signatures are the same on both interfaces, and class D implements those methods (with a single function), then it doesn't really matter which interface that function implements, and thus compiler is happy.

However, you can have two different implementations specific for each interface by declaring functions as

class D : A, B
{
    int A.Add(int a, int b)
    {
    }

    int B.Add(int a, int b)
    {
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

billjamesdev
billjamesdev

Reputation: 14640

Neither, since neither interface HAS a method, merely a method signature. Your method in D implements the signature provided by both interfaces, so it works.

Remember, an interface merely specifies the signatures of methods that must exist in an implementation.

Upvotes: 6

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