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How to make a property protected AND internal in C#?
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On a public class in C# is there a way to make a field/method accessible only to derived classes within the same assembly?
From what I understand protected internal
in C# means the same as protected
or internal
(ie accessible to derived classes or classes from the same assembly), which is not what I need.
What if you removed the "internal" only fields/methods from the public class to an internal class. Then all of the classes in that assembly could derive from the internal class:
public abstract class MyClass
{
public string Name { get; set; }
}
// Only classes in this assembly can derive from this class
internal abstract class InternalClass : MyClass
{
protected string Other { get; set; }
}
You can't prevent a class from an external assembly from compiling a call to it, but you can force an exception to occur at runtime if they do by putting this attribute on your protected member:
[System.Security.Permissions.StrongNameIdentityPermission(
System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.LinkDemand,
PublicKey = "...<Your assembly's full public key>...")]
If the class is internal
, there will be no way to sub-class it outside of the assembly. Make the fields/methods protected
and you're good to go.
If the class must be public
, use an internal
sub-class everywhere within your assembly.