Explicit interface implementation in VB.NET

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How to implement explicit interface implementation in VB.NET?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:54:40Z

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As others have said, make the routine private, and it forces clients to call through the interfaces.

Just one more word. Explicit interface implementation in C# also allows the programmer to inherit two interfaces that share the same member names and give each interface member a separate implementation. In VB.Net, that's easy, because the implementing methods can have different names from the interface names.

Function ICanUseAnyNameILike() As String Implements IFoo.Bar

Function ItsTotalAnarchy() As String Implements IFoo2.Bar, IFoo3.ItsMadnessReally

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answered Oct 16, 2009 at 11:39

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From here on I'm going to use IFoo3.ItsMadnessReally as an interface-method in my projects.

Anton Gogolev · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-16 09:52:34Z

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Just declare sub/function Private:

Private Function Bar() As String Implements IFoo.Bar

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daxsorbito · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-16 09:50:11Z

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put the method to private.

answered Oct 16, 2009 at 9:50

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MarkJ comment is IMO better, as it explains the context of it.