On startup, I load all my app.config values into a class named ConfigValues. My database only needs some of them so I have an IDatabaseConfig interface that specifies just the parameters that it needs. That way, when I'm creating a database connection class, with constructor injection, I can require that it is passed anything that implements IDatabaseConfig.
What I'd like to do is declare multiple interfaces on the ConfigValues class and allow some of the properties to implement multiple contracts simultaneously.
Here's a small code example:
<!-- language: lang-vb -->Public Interface IAppConfig
Property Server As String
Property ErrorPath As String
End Interface
Public Interface IDatabaseConfig
Property Server As String
End Interface
Public Class ConfigValues
Implements IAppConfig
Implements IDatabaseConfig
Public Property ErrorPath As String Implements IAppConfig.ErrorPath
'need different syntax - does not compile:
Public Property Server As String Implements IAppConfig.Server,
Implements IDatabaseConfig.Server
End Class
In VB.NET, is there a way to specify that a single property satisfies the contract for multiple interfaces?
This is the exact opposite of these two questions on SO, which are trying to split up the same interface name into two different properties.
- Implementing 2 Interfaces with 'Same Name' Properties
- How to implement an interface in VB.Net when two methods have the same name but different parameters
As a cludgy workaround, I could have both properties refer to the same backing property, but I'd have to change the property name on at least one of them, which changes the API.
<!-- language: lang-vb -->Private _server As String
Public Property ServerForApp As String Implements IAppConfig.Server
Get
Return _server
End Get
Set(value As String)
_server = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property ServerForDatabase As String Implements IDatabaseConfig.Server
Get
Return _server
End Get
Set(value As String)
_server = value
End Set
End Property
