Question

I have the following actions:

abstract class AAction
{}

class BlueAction: AAction
{
    void Foo1(){// do stuff}
    void Foo2(){// do stuff}
}

and the plugins that should contain an action:

class APlugin
{
    AAction _action;

    APlugin(AAction action)
    {
        _action = action;
    }

}

class BluePlugin: APlugin
{
    BluePlugin(): base(new BlueAction());
    {
    }

    voif Foo()
    {
        // do stuff with BlueAction's methods
        ((BlueAction)_action).Foo1();
        ((BlueAction)_action).Foo2();
    }
}

I am trying to fit this design to a design pattern, with no luck.

What I just want is to force derived classes from APlugin to have an AAction

I could do simply this:

BlueAction act = (BlueAction)_action;
act.Foo1();
act.Foo2();

Using generics (as suggested) doesn’t allow me to have a list of APlugins which is something I really need.

But this is a no-go for me. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Use generics:

class APlugin<TAction> where TAction : AAction
{
    TAction _action;

    APlugin(TAction action)
    {
        _action = action;
    }

}

class BluePlugin: APlugin<BlueAction>
{
    BluePlugin(): base(new BlueAction());
    {
    }

    void Foo()
    {
        // do stuff with BlueAction's methods
        _action.Foo1();
        _action.Foo2();
    }
}