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C# Intermediate C# Abstraction Abstract Members

Posted by Zach Rebstock
Zach Rebstock
4,632 Points

Abstract methods similar to C++ method prototype?

Coming from C++, I am very familiar with prototyping methods (declaring, not implementing).

For the challenge, I noticed I still had to include the parameters for the abstract method. For the purposes of clarity, would a C# abstract method be very similar to C++'s prototype declaration in that regard, since the return type and parameters have to be defined, at minimum?

RepeatDetector.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public class RepeatDetector : SequenceDetector
    {
        public override string Description => "Detects repetitions";

        public override bool Scan(int[] sequence)
        {
            LastScannedSequence = sequence;

            if(sequence.Length < 2)
            {
                return false;
            }

            for(int i = 1; i < sequence.Length; ++i)
            {
                if(sequence[i] == sequence[i-1])
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }

            return false;
        }
    }
}
SequenceDetector.cs 
namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    public abstract class SequenceDetector
    {
        public virtual string Description => "";

        public int[] LastScannedSequence { get; protected set; }

        public virtual bool Scan(int[] sequence)
        {
            LastScannedSequence = sequence;
            return true;
        }
    }
}