// Define an interface named IMyInterface. namespace DefineIMyInterface { using System; public interface IMyInterface { // Any class that implements IMyInterface must define a method // that matches the following signature. void MethodB(); } } // Define extension methods for IMyInterface. namespace Extensions { using System; using DefineIMyInterface; // The following extension methods can be accessed by instances of any // class that implements IMyInterface. public static class Extension { public static void MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, int i) { Console.WriteLine ("Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, int i)"); } public static void MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s) { Console.WriteLine ("Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s)"); } // This method is never called in ExtensionMethodsDemo1, because each // of the three classes A, B, and C implements a method named MethodB // that has a matching signature. public static void MethodB(this IMyInterface myInterface) { Console.WriteLine ("Extension.MethodB(this IMyInterface myInterface)"); } } } // Define three classes that implement IMyInterface, and then use them to test // the extension methods. namespace ExtensionMethodsDemo1 { using System; using Extensions; using DefineIMyInterface; class A : IMyInterface { public void MethodB() { Console.WriteLine("A.MethodB()"); } } class B : IMyInterface { public void MethodB() { Console.WriteLine("B.MethodB()"); } public void MethodA(int i) { Console.WriteLine("B.MethodA(int i)"); } } class C : IMyInterface { public void MethodB() { Console.WriteLine("C.MethodB()"); } public void MethodA(object obj) { Console.WriteLine("C.MethodA(object obj)"); } } class ExtMethodDemo { static void Main(string[] args) { // Declare an instance of class A, class B, and class C. A a = new A(); B b = new B(); C c = new C(); // For a, b, and c, call the following methods: // -- MethodA with an int argument // -- MethodA with a string argument // -- MethodB with no argument. // A contains no MethodA, so each call to MethodA resolves to // the extension method that has a matching signature. a.MethodA(1); // Extension.MethodA(object, int) a.MethodA("hello"); // Extension.MethodA(object, string) // A has a method that matches the signature of the following call // to MethodB. a.MethodB(); // A.MethodB() // B has methods that match the signatures of the following // method calls. b.MethodA(1); // B.MethodA(int) b.MethodB(); // B.MethodB() // B has no matching method for the following call, but // class Extension does. b.MethodA("hello"); // Extension.MethodA(object, string) // C contains an instance method that matches each of the following // method calls. c.MethodA(1); // C.MethodA(object) c.MethodA("hello"); // C.MethodA(object) c.MethodB(); // C.MethodB() } } } /* Output: Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, int i) Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s) A.MethodB() B.MethodA(int i) B.MethodB() Extension.MethodA(this IMyInterface myInterface, string s) C.MethodA(object obj) C.MethodA(object obj) C.MethodB() */