VB.NET class inherits a base class and implements an interface issue (works in C#)

Question

I am trying to create a class in VB.NET which inherits a base abstract class and also implements an interface. The interface declares a string property called Description. T

Answer 1

VB requires that the implementing property declare the implementation. This is because of what I actually consider a nice feature of VB that I sometimes miss in C# -- that you can rename the member that implements the interface member.

Thus the only way to make this work without implementing IFoo.Description in FooBase is to declare Description Overridable and then define MyFoo as:

Public Class MyFoo
    Inherits FooBase
    Implements IFoo

    Public Overrides Property Description() As String Implements IFoo.Description
        Get
            Return MyBase.Description
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
            MyBase.Description = value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class