Question

class GrandParent
{
    public virtual void Foo() { ... }
}

class Parent : GrandParent
{
    public override void Foo()
    {
       base.Foo();

       //Do additional work
    }
}

class Child : Parent
{
    public override void Foo()
    {
        //How to skip Parent.Foo and just get to the GrandParent.Foo base?

        //Do additional work
    }
}

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As the code above shows, how can I have the Child.Foo() make a call into GrandParent.Foo() instead of going into Parent.Foo()? base.Foo() takes me to the Parent class first.

Answer 1

Your design is wrong if you need this.
Instead, put the per-class logic in DoFoo and don’t call base.DoFoo when you don’t need to.

class GrandParent
{
    public void Foo()
    {
        // base logic that should always run here:
        // ...

        this.DoFoo(); // call derived logic
    }

    protected virtual void DoFoo() { }
}

class Parent : GrandParent
{
    protected override void DoFoo()
    {    
       // Do additional work (no need to call base.DoFoo)
    }
}

class Child : Parent
{
    protected override void DoFoo()
    {  
        // Do additional work (no need to call base.DoFoo)
    }
}