Question on inheritance

[J.R]

I have class B that inherits class c:
B : C

I have client D the instantiates Class B

D.Obj = new B();

I get:
dll Referenced class 'b.b' has base class or interface 'c.c' defined in an
assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'c'.

I don't want to expose c to client d only b.

Is there a way I can accomplish this?

Thanks, John.

 

[TJoker .NET [MVP]]

Well if B inherits from C, then B "is some sort of" C, then you are already
assuming that your client needs to know what C is. If B didn't inherit from
C, but had some private code that used C, then you could make a reference to
B without a reference to C.

confusing ?

Imagine you have a base class Food, then you create a class Chocolate that
inherits from Food. Then you give a Chocolate object to someone. If this
person doesn't know what Food is he will not do anything with the chocolate,
just stare at it...

Man, that example really sucked!! LOL!