Why does a private implementation of ICloneable work?

10 Apr 2006 2:26 PM

cmay

Can someone explain why you can implement ICloneable with a private
function and it works?

e.g.

Imports System
Public Class BusinessObject
    Implements ICloneable

    Private Function privateClone() As Object Implements
ICloneable.Clone
        Dim MyClone As Object = makeClone()
        Return MyClone
    End Function

End Class

Does that fact that the Clone is public on ICloneable mean that the
"private" above is ignored when the object is being dealt with as type
ICloneable?

10 Apr 2006 3:17 PM

Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP

The modify tag, private, does not apply to the compiler. It is capable of
calling the method. The tag is applicable only to calling code.

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"cmay" <c***@walshgroup.com> wrote in message
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> Can someone explain why you can implement ICloneable with a private
> function and it works?
>
> e.g.
>
> Imports System
> Public Class BusinessObject
>     Implements ICloneable
>
>     Private Function privateClone() As Object Implements
> ICloneable.Clone
>         Dim MyClone As Object = makeClone()
>         Return MyClone
>     End Function
>
> End Class
>
> Does that fact that the Clone is public on ICloneable mean that the
> "private" above is ignored when the object is being dealt with as type
> ICloneable?
>

10 Apr 2006 3:33 PM

Patrice

IMO it is still called throught IClonable.Clone which is public and that in
turns call the private function.

Lutz Reflector should help to find out what goes on behind the scene :
http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

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Patrice

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> Can someone explain why you can implement ICloneable with a private
> function and it works?
>
> e.g.
>
> Imports System
> Public Class BusinessObject
>    Implements ICloneable
>
>    Private Function privateClone() As Object Implements
> ICloneable.Clone
>        Dim MyClone As Object = makeClone()
>        Return MyClone
>    End Function
>
> End Class
>
> Does that fact that the Clone is public on ICloneable mean that the
> "private" above is ignored when the object is being dealt with as type
> ICloneable?
>