C# and Multiple Inheritance

Multiple Inheritance isn’t supported in C#. To implement multiple inheritances, use Interfaces.

Here is our interface PaintCost in class Shape −

public interface PaintCost {
   int getCost(int area);
}

The shape is our base class whereas Rectangle is the derived class −

class Rectangle : Shape, PaintCost {
   public int getArea() {
      return (width * height);
   }
   public int getCost(int area) {
      return area * 80;
   }
}

Let us now see the complete code to implement Interfaces for multiple inheritances in C# −

Using System;
namespace MyInheritance {
   class Shape {
      public void setWidth(int w) {
         width = w;
      }
      public void setHeight(int h) {
         height = h;
      }
      protected int width;
      protected int height;
   }
   public interface PaintCost {
      int getCost(int area);
   }
   class Rectangle : Shape, PaintCost {
      public int getArea() {
         return (width * height);
      }

      public int getCost(int area) {
         return area * 80;
      }
   }
   class RectangleDemo {
      static void Main(string[] args) {
         Rectangle Rect = new Rectangle();
         int area;
         Rect.setWidth(8);
         Rect.setHeight(10);
         area = Rect.getArea();
         // Print the area of the object.
         Console.WriteLine("Total area: {0}", Rect.getArea());
         Console.WriteLine("Total paint cost: ${0}" , Rect.getCost(area));
         Console.ReadKey();
      }
   }
}