Question

Hi I have the Default aspx.
I want to test overriding default methods like to ToString().
Whenever I use ToString(), I thought with following code it has to add “my text”;? why not?

public partial class test : System.Web.UI.Page
{

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return base.ToString() + "my text"; 
    }


    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        object test = 3333;
        Response.Write( test.ToString());
    }
}

Answer 1

As everyone said you are overriding the wrong method. If I understand correctly what you are trying to accomplish, then maybe an extension method is more appropriate :

public static class ObjectExtensions
{
    public static string ToCustomString(this object instance)
    {
        return instance.ToString() + "whatever";
    }
}

public partial class test : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        object test = 3333;
        Response.Write(test.ToCustomString());
    }
}