Non Public Members for C# Interfaces [closed]

Answer 1

An interface is a contract that all implementing classes adhere to. This means that they must adhere to all of it or none of it.

If the interface is public then every part of that contact has to be public, otherwise it would mean one to friend/internal classes and a different thing to everything else.

Either use an abstract base class or (if possible and practical) an internal extension method on the interface.

Answer 2

You can hide almost all of the code implemented by interfaces to external assemblies.

interface IVehicle
{
    void Drive();
    void Steer();
    void UseHook();
}
abstract class Vehicle  // :IVehicle  // Try it and see!
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Consuming classes are not required to implement this method.
    /// </summary>
    protected virtual void Hook()
    {
        return;
    }
}
class Car : Vehicle, IVehicle
{
    protected override void Hook()  // you must use keyword "override"
    {
        Console.WriteLine(" Car.Hook(): Uses abstracted method.");
    }
    #region IVehicle Members

    public void Drive()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(" Car.Drive(): Uses a tires and a motor.");
    }

    public void Steer()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(" Car.Steer(): Uses a steering wheel.");
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// This code is duplicated in implementing classes.  Hmm.
    /// </summary>
    void IVehicle.UseHook()
    {
        this.Hook();
    }

    #endregion
}
class Airplane : Vehicle, IVehicle
{
    protected override void Hook()  // you must use keyword "override"
    {
        Console.WriteLine(" Airplane.Hook(): Uses abstracted method.");
    }
    #region IVehicle Members

    public void Drive()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(" Airplane.Drive(): Uses wings and a motor.");
    }

    public void Steer()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(" Airplane.Steer(): Uses a control stick.");
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// This code is duplicated in implementing classes.  Hmm.
    /// </summary>
    void IVehicle.UseHook()
    {
        this.Hook();
    }

    #endregion
}

This will test the code.

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Car car = new Car();
        IVehicle contract = (IVehicle)car;
        UseContract(contract);  // This line is identical...
        Airplane airplane = new Airplane();
        contract = (IVehicle)airplane;
        UseContract(contract);  // ...to the line above!
    }

    private static void UseContract(IVehicle contract)
    {
        // Try typing these 3 lines yourself, watch IDE behavior.
        contract.Drive();
        contract.Steer();
        contract.UseHook();
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

Answer 3

I'm familiar with Java rather than C#, but why an earth would you want a private member within an interface? It couldn't have any implementation and would be invisible to implementing classes, so would be useless. Interfaces exist to specify behaviour. If you need default behaviour than use an abstract class.