Implementing Object Oriented Programming

In Visual Basic.NET

Pre-Assessment Questions
1. Consider the following statements:
• Statement A: There are two types of user interfaces, character user
interface and (CUI) and graphical user interface (GUI).
• Statement B: In CUI, you can interact with an application by entering
commands.
Which of the following is correct with respect to the above statements?
a. Both, Statement A and Statement B, are False.
b. Both, Statement A and Statement B, are True.
c. Statement A is True and Statement B is False.
d. Statement A is False and Statement B is True.

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Pre-Assessment Questions (Contd.)

2. Which of the statements is false?
a. A Windows Form is a representation of any window displayed in an
application.
b. Windows form properties are used to determine its appearance at
compile time.
c. Every Window Form is a class derived from Form class in
System.Windows.Forms namespace.
d. The form class is derived from the control class.

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Pre-Assessment Questions (Contd.)

3. Which of the following data types can contain values between 0 and 65535?
a. Boolean
b. String
c. Char
d. Decimal

4. In the following code

Dim Result as Boolean
Result = X<Y
a. The Result will have the true value
b. The Result will have false value
c. The Result will have either true or false value
d. The Result will have no value

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Pre-Assessment Questions (Contd.)

5. Data types like Boolean,String or Integer are
a. Composite data types
b. System data types
c. Object data types
d. Array data types

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Solutions to Pre-Assessment
Questions
1. b.
2. b.
3. c. Char
4. a.
5. b. System data type

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Objectives
In this lesson, you will learn to:
• Identify classes and objects
• List the advantages of using classes and objects
• Declare and import namespaces
• Implement abstract classes in Visual Basic .NET
• Declare structures and interfaces
• Create and instantiate a class
• Create an inherited form in Visual Basic .NET
• Implement inheritance in VB .NET

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Understanding Object-Orientation
Concepts
• Visual Basic.Net is an object-oriented programming language.
• Visual Basic .NET supports all the four features of object-oriented
programming.
• The features of object-oriented programming are
• Encapsulation
• Abstraction
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism.

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Understanding Classes
• A class is a conceptual representation of all the entities that share
common attributes and behaviors.

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Object
• An object is an instance of a class
• All the objects of a class have individual copies of the attributes and share a
common set of behaviors

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Advantages of Using Classes and

Objects
• Maintenance of code by introducing modularity
• Encapsulation of internal complexities in code from end-users
• Reusabilty
• Support for a single interface to implement multiple methods

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Constructors
• Constructors are special methods that allow control over the initialization of
objects.
• A shared constructor will not run more than once during a single execution of a
program.
• When an instance of a class is created, the run-time environment executes the
instance constructors.

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Destructors
• Destructors are special methods that are used to release the instance of a
class from memory.
• There are two types of destructors in Visual Basic .NET, Finalize() and
Dispose().
• The sequences in which the constructors and destructors are invoked are:
• Shared constructor of the inherited class
• Shared constructor of the base class
• Instance constructor of the base class
• Instance constructor of the inherited class

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Namespaces
• Namespaces enable you to avoid name collisions.
• Every project in Visual Basic .NET has a root namespace, which is set in the
Property page of the project Using Namespaces.
• You can also organize classes using the Namespace keyword as shown below.
Namespace CustNameSpace
Class CustClass
End Class
End Namespace
• You can use namespaces explicitly through direct addressing or implicitly
through the Imports statement.

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Abstract Classes in Visual Basic .NET

• Visual Basic .NET enables you to create abstract classes that contain the
skeleton of the methods implemented by the derived class.

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Understanding Structures
• A structure is used to create user-defined data types.
• You can declare a structure when you want a single variable to hold multiple
types of related data.
• Data can be stored in and retrieved from a structure.

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Interfaces in Visual Basic.NET

• Interfaces are inheritable in Visual Basic.Net.
• An interface defines properties, methods, and events.
• You declare an interface using the Interface and End Interface statements.
• You can declare only methods, functions, properties, and events in an
interface.

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Interfaces in Visual Basic.NET(Contd.)

• An interface can inherit members from an existing interface
• The members of an interface consist of the declared members and the
members inherited from its base interfaces.

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Inheritance
• The inheritance feature allows you to define a new class by extending an
existing class.

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Polymorphism
• The concept of using operators or functions in different ways depending on
what they are operating on is called polymorphism.

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Demo for
Creating a Class in Visual Basic.Net

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Problem Statement
• A company called Protec Inc. needs to maintain customer information. The
details of the customer need to be accepted through a graphical interface. The
user interface can be either Windows Forms, Web Forms, or Console. The
customer information also needs to be stored in relevant memory variables of
a class. The information should also be retrieved and displayed to the user.
The details of the customer will include CustomerID, First Name, Last
Name, Address, Telephone number and E-mail Id.

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Solution
• A user interface screen is used to accept data from the user and displaying
data to the user. A class can be used to store and retrieve data from the
database. Perform the following steps to create a class:
• Create a user interface.
• Adding a class to the project
• Write the code to store and retrieve data from the class
•  Save and run the application

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Demo for
Implementing Inheritance

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Problem Statement
• The company Protec Inc needs data entry forms to store information in the
Customers, Orders, and Query Handling databases. The data entry forms
should have a similar user interface with the Reset and Exit buttons.
Incorporate the interface for the Order details form.

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Solution
• To create the user interface form you need to perform the following steps:
• Create the user interface screen
• Add code for the controls
• Create an inherited form based on the base form
• Add an inherited form to the project
• Add the additional user interface control
• Display a similar user interface
• Add code for the inherited controls
• Save and Execute the application

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Summary
In this lesson, you learned that:
• Visual Basic .NET is an object-oriented programming language
• Classes can be added to a Visual Basic .NET project
• An object is an instance of a class
• Advantages of Using Classes and Objects
• Maintenance of code
• Encapsulation
• Reusabilty
• Support for a single interface to implement multiple methods
• Constructors are special methods that allow control over the initialization of
objects.
• Destructors are special methods that are used to release the instance of a
class from memory.

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Summary (Contd.)
• An important advantage of using a namespace is the prevention of a name
collision
• Abstract classes are used to define the skeleton of the methods that the
derived class can implement.
• A structure is used to create user-defined data types.
• An interface enables you to separate the definition of objects from their
implementation so that the objects can evolve without the risk of introducing
incompatibility in existing applications.
• The inheritance feature allows you to define a new class by extending an
existing class
• The concept of using operators or functions in different ways depending on
what they are operating on is called polymorphism.
• Interfaces and classes are inheritable in Visual Basic .NET

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