C# Cannot access child public method from abstract parent class object

Question

I\'m learning OOAD and trying to implement class relationship with inheritance but there is an issue here is the code

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Answer 1

When casting you're object into another object type, that called Polymorphism. This translate that you can only use the methods and properties that exposed to the destination object type, which is Classification which doesn't know your method.

Simple example i made:

using System;

namespace Program
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            Dog rex = new Dog();
            Animal rexAsAnimal = rex;

            // Can access 'MakeSound' due the fact it declared at Dog (Inherited by Animal)
            Console.WriteLine(rex.MakeSound()); // Output: Bark

            // Compilation error: rexAsAnimal is defined as 'Animal' which doesn't have the 'Bark' method.
            //Console.WriteLine(rexAsAnimal.Bark()); // Output when uncomment: Compilation error.

            // Explicitly telling the compiler to cast the object into "Dog"
            Console.WriteLine(((Dog)rexAsAnimal).Bark()); // Output: Bark
        }
    }

    public abstract class Animal
    {
        public abstract string MakeSound();
    }

    public class Dog : Animal
    {
        public override string MakeSound() { return Bark(); }
        public string Bark()
        {
            return "Bark";
        }
    }
}