Accessing a static property of a child in a parent method

Question

Say I have the following code:

class Parent
{

    static string MyField = \"ParentField\";

    public virtual string DoSomething()
    {
        return MyField         


        

Answer 1

You have to handle this in Child, too:

class Child
{
    static new string MyField = "ChildField";

    public override string DoSomething()
    {
         return MyField;
    }
}

That being said, using a single virtual property would probably be a cleaner design, since you wouldn't need the "new" keyword to hide the Parent's member field.