Question

All I want to do is similar to:

public abstract class BaseClass
{
    public static Type GetType()
    {
        return typeof(BaseClass);
    }
}

But when I derive it

public class DerivedClass : BaseClass
{
}

I want to get

Assert.AreEqual(typeof(DerivedClass), DerivedClass.GetType());

How to change the BaseClass to make this assertion true?

Answer 1

Static methods are not inherited.

The compiler substitutes BaseClass for DerivedClass when calling a base class’ static methods through one of its derived classes. For example, here’s the IL code for a call to DerivedClass.GetType():

IL_0002:  call   class [mscorlib]System.Type Tests.Program/BaseClass::GetType()