Inherits Statement |
Inherits classname
The name of the inherited (base) class
Specifies the name of the class that is being inherited, that is, the base class. The statement can appear immediately after the Class statement or the Interface statement.
The Inherits statement must be the first line of code in the class module. It can be preceeded only by blank lines or comments. For example:
Public Class CDerivedClass Inherits CBaseClass ...
VB.NET supports single code-based inheritance only. That is, there can be only a single Inherits statement in any class module.
If the Inherits statement is used to define the interfaces inherited by an interface, multiple interfaces can be listed, with a comma used to delimit them. For example:
Interface IPerson Property Name As String End Interface Interface IEmployee Property SSN As String End Interface Interface ISalaried Inherits IPerson, IEmployee Property Salaried As Boolean Property Salary As Decimal End Interface
The Inherits statement implements code inheritance. You can also use the Implements statement to implement interface inheritance. In that case, a class can be derived from more than one virtual base class. (In other words, you can effectively implement multiple inheritance through interface inheritance using the Implements statement.)
Class Statement, Interface Statement