Inherited member methods and fields : Class Definition « Class « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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using System;

class BaseClass                           
{
   public string Field1 = "base class field";
   public void Method1(string value)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Base class    -- Method1: {0}", value);
   }
}

class DerivedClass : BaseClass            
{
   public string Field2 = "derived class field";
   
   public void Method2(string value)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Derived class -- Method2: {0}", value);
   }
}

class MainClass
{
   static void Main()
   {
      DerivedClass oc = new DerivedClass();
      oc.Method1(oc.Field1);               // Base method with base field
      oc.Method1(oc.Field2);               // Base method with derived field
      oc.Method2(oc.Field1);               // Derived method with base field
      oc.Method2(oc.Field2);               // Derived method with derived field
   }
}

Base class    -- Method1: base class field
Base class    -- Method1: derived class field
Derived class -- Method2: base class field
Derived class -- Method2: derived class field