extension-methods_3.cs

// Define an interface named IMyInterface.
namespace DefineIMyInterface
{
    using System;

    public interface IMyInterface
    {
        // Any class that implements IMyInterface must define a method
        // that matches the following signature.
        void MethodB();
    }
}


// Define extension methods for IMyInterface.
namespace Extensions
{
    using System;
    using DefineIMyInterface;

    // The following extension methods can be accessed by instances of any 
    // class that implements IMyInterface.
    public static class Extension
    {
        public static void MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, int i)
        {
            Console.WriteLine
                ("Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, int i)");
        }

        public static void MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s)
        {
            Console.WriteLine
                ("Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s)");
        }

        // This method is never called in ExtensionMethodsDemo1, because each 
        // of the three classes A, B, and C implements a method named MethodB
        // that has a matching signature.
        public static void MethodB(this IMyInterface myInterface)
        {
            Console.WriteLine
                ("Extension.MethodB(this IMyInterface myInterface)");
        }
    }
}


// Define three classes that implement IMyInterface, and then use them to test
// the extension methods.
namespace ExtensionMethodsDemo1
{
    using System;
    using Extensions;
    using DefineIMyInterface;

    class A : IMyInterface
    {
        public void MethodB() { Console.WriteLine("A.MethodB()"); }
    }

    class B : IMyInterface
    {
        public void MethodB() { Console.WriteLine("B.MethodB()"); }
        public void MethodA(int i) { Console.WriteLine("B.MethodA(int i)"); }
    }

    class C : IMyInterface
    {
        public void MethodB() { Console.WriteLine("C.MethodB()"); }
        public void MethodA(object obj)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("C.MethodA(object obj)");
        }
    }

    class ExtMethodDemo
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Declare an instance of class A, class B, and class C.
            A a = new A();
            B b = new B();
            C c = new C();

            // For a, b, and c, call the following methods:
            //      -- MethodA with an int argument
            //      -- MethodA with a string argument
            //      -- MethodB with no argument.

            // A contains no MethodA, so each call to MethodA resolves to 
            // the extension method that has a matching signature.
            a.MethodA(1);           // Extension.MethodA(IMyInterface, int)
            a.MethodA("hello");     // Extension.MethodA(IMyInterface, string)

            // A has a method that matches the signature of the following call
            // to MethodB.
            a.MethodB();            // A.MethodB()

            // B has methods that match the signatures of the following
            // method calls.
            b.MethodA(1);           // B.MethodA(int)
            b.MethodB();            // B.MethodB()

            // B has no matching method for the following call, but 
            // class Extension does.
            b.MethodA("hello");     // Extension.MethodA(IMyInterface, string)

            // C contains an instance method that matches each of the following
            // method calls.
            c.MethodA(1);           // C.MethodA(object)
            c.MethodA("hello");     // C.MethodA(object)
            c.MethodB();            // C.MethodB()
        }
    }
}
/* Output:
    Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, int i)
    Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s)
    A.MethodB()
    B.MethodA(int i)
    B.MethodB()
    Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s)
    C.MethodA(object obj)
    C.MethodA(object obj)
    C.MethodB()
 */