Re: IEnumerator Question

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:06:38 -0500
Message-ID:
<#gGvVrqhKHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
Gordon Padwick wrote:

public class PeopleEnum : IEnumerator
{
   .. .
   public bool MoveNext()
   {
      position++;
      return (position < _People.Length);
   }
   . . .
}
 
My understanding is that the PeopleEnum class is derived from the
IEnumerator class


To be precise, PeopleEnum implements IEnumerator interface.

of which the members include the MoveNext method with a
return type of bool.
 
So, in the class PeopleEnum class definition, why is it necessary to =

again

define the MoveNext method?


An interface declares some methods. A class that wants to implement the =
interface needs to implement all its methods.

If you are familiar with C++, a C# interface is similar to a C++ class =
with no data members, and all methods being pure virtual. If you are =
familiar with COM, a C# interface is similar to a COM interface.
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