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C# Wrapping Up

Posted by <noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

Why we need to pass the title to the MediaType parent class?

I understand that Album,Book and Movie are all inherit from MediaType(her methods,fields and so on) however i still dont clear about the use of the base keyword in each of the types why we need to pass the title to the parent class and why we delete the Title field from each of them. The definition of a mediatype is that a mediatype must have a title because the constructor of the MediaType class has a title, it is the minimum requirment of a type to be a media type. we pass the title parameter in each of the types(album,book etc..) to the base class constructor, I dont fully see the purpose of it beside that in order to inherit from MediaType we must a title, it is the purpose?

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You can edit your question to add a tag, you don't need to post it as an "answer". :wink:

And yes, if a base class constructor requires an argument, then it makes sense that any derived class would pass that argument on to the base as part of it's own constructor.

Does that answer your question?

<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points
<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

Steven Parker

<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points
<noob />
<noob />
17,062 Points

It did :D