Question

Take this example:

public interface IFoo
{
    IFoo Bar();
}

public class Foo : IFoo
{
    public Foo Bar()
    {
        //...
    }

    IFoo IFoo.Bar() { return Bar(); } //Why is this necessary?
}

Why is the implicit implementation of IFoo Bar() necessary even though Foo converts to IFoo without a cast?

Answer 1

You can solve it like this (a bit ugly, but takes care of the strong typing):

public interface IFoo<T> where T : IFoo<T>
{
    T Bar();
}

public class Foo : IFoo<Foo>
{
    public Foo Bar()
    {
        //...
    }
}