Working with Interfaces

Abstract

This chapter builds upon your current understanding of object-oriented development by examining the topic of interface-based programming. Here you’ll learn how to define and implement interfaces and come to understand the benefits of building types that support multiple behaviors. Along the way, you will also examine a number of related topics, such as obtaining interface references, explicit interface implementation, and the construction of interface hierarchies. You’ll also examine a number of standard interfaces defined within the .NET base class libraries. As you will see, your custom classes and structures are free to implement these predefined interfaces to support a number of useful behaviors, such as object cloning, object enumeration, and object sorting.