would you mind sharing any links to this OSS ?
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Lotfi Gheribi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm working on developing an open source .Net obfuscator, and I had to
> find all the methods overriding/overriden by a given method.
>
> As Keith said, you should load all parent types to see which methods
> override which ones. However, it's not as simple as it seams. Do not
> forget that a signature can change when instantiating generic types :
>
> Class C1<T>
> {
> virtual void MyMethod(T arg) {}
> }
>
> Class C2<T1, T2> : C1<T2>
> {
> virtual void MyMethod(T2 arg) {}
> }
>
>
> Class C3 : C2 <int, bool>
> {
> virtual void MyMethod(bool arg) {}
> }
>
> C1.MyMethod, C2.MyMethod and C3.MyMethod have distinct signatures, but
> you should deals with them as equivalent !
>
>
> ==> Consider also the following case (it can be important for some
> applications, as it was the case of my obfuscator)
>
> Class C1
> {
> virtual void MyMethod() {}
> }
>
> Interface I1
> {
> void MyMethod();
> }
>
> Class C2 : C1, I1
> { }
>
> Although C2 implements I1, it doesn't provide directly an
> implementation for I1.MyMethod. This is because C2 inherits from C1,
> and C1 contains a method MyMethod.
>
> As you can see, C1.MyMethod overrides indirectly I1.MyMethod, but I1
> isn't a parent of C1 !
>
> >
>
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