Inherits Statement

Inherits Statement

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Syntax

     Inherits className 

className (required)

The name of the inherited (base) class

Description

The Inherits statement specifies the name of the class from which a new class is being derived; it specifies the base class of the current class. The statement appears immediately after the Class statement or the Interface statement.

Usage at a Glance

• The Inherits statement must be the first line of code in the class or interface. It can be preceded only by blank lines and comments.

• Visual Basic does not support simultaneous inheritance from multiple classes in a derived class. There can be only a single Inherits statement in a class definition.

• Interfaces support either single or multiple inheritance from other interfaces. Use a comma used to delimit multiple base interfaces:

       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 

  
  

See Also

Class Statement, Interface...End Interface Statement