Question

I have following two classes:

public class A : System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    {

        public virtual string X
        {
            get
            {
                object obj = ViewState["X"];
                if (obj != null) return (string)obj;
                return null;
            }

            set
            {
                ViewState["X"] = value;
            }
        }


        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            X=2;
        }

    }

and

public class B : System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox        {

        public virtual string X
        {
            get
            {
                object obj = ViewState["X"];
                if (obj != null) return (string)obj;
                return null;
            }

            set
            {
                ViewState["X"] = value;
            }
        }


        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            X=2;
        }

    }

As you must be seeing the class A and B have exactly the same code , my question is how can I make a common class for it and use these two classes.

Answer 1

The replacement for inheritance is composition.
Define a new class and insert invocations of it’s methods in A and B. In this example it seems too complicated, but you will avoid code duplication if you decide to replace ViewState[“X”]

class C { 
        public virtual string X
        {
            get
            {
                return ViewState["X"];
            }
            set
            {
                ViewState["X"] = value;
            }
        }     
        public SetX()
        {
            X=2;
        }
}

Extension methods is a good alternative too.