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Extension methods allow adding methods to existing types without creating a new derived type, by defining static methods with the this keyword. They are useful for extending external codebases, extending class hierarchies without inheritance, and adding functionality to collections. Extension methods must be declared as static and defined in a static class, and their visibility depends on the extended type. The compiler binds extension methods to IL at build time to call them as static methods.

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12 C#ExtensionMethods

Extension methods allow adding methods to existing types without creating a new derived type, by defining static methods with the this keyword. They are useful for extending external codebases, extending class hierarchies without inheritance, and adding functionality to collections. Extension methods must be declared as static and defined in a static class, and their visibility depends on the extended type. The compiler binds extension methods to IL at build time to call them as static methods.

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C# Extension methods

Extension metods:
- Extension methods let you extend the codebase by adding methods to types so you can take
an assembly, which you didn't compile, like the core.net framework assembly and a
namespace, which you don't own, like System, and a type, which you didn't write, like
DateTime, and add your own functionality to it. You can easily add custom logic, like
representing the date in a format used by a legacy system in your own extension method
- You can add extension methods to classes, structs, and interfaces
- You have to honor the visibility of the class you're extending, so for third-party assemblies
you can only extend public types, but you can't extend sealed classes
- You can also extend generic classes and interfaces and that makes extension methods
extremely powerful
- Extension methods are enablers for very common scenarios like:
o adding our own domain logic to a third-party codebase
o implementing logic in our own domain, which is frequently needed, but doesn't fit
within a normal class hierarchy. – enable technology adding to a class hierarchy
without inheritance and composition
- Extension methods are also simple to write and consume once you know the basic rules, but
they're a powerful way to make your solution richer without making it more complex
- Extension methods must be declared as static
Declaring Extension methods:

Overloading extension methods:

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Summary:
How to write extension methods:
- to define an extension method you make it a static method in a static class with the first
argument be an instance of the type you want to extend, flagged with the this keyword.
What can you do with Extension Methods?
- adding functionality to an external codebase
- extending an existing hierarchy without using inheritance or composition
- adding aggregate functionality to collections without custom collection classes
- adding functionality to every object
Protable Extension Methods:
- Class Library extension methods
o Can be used anywhere with a valid reference
 C# projects, Visual Basic projects, etc.
 Not portable (Windows Store) projects
- Portable Class Library extension methods
o Can be used anywhere with a valid reference
 Portable and non-portable C# projects, Visual Basic projects, etc.
- Targeted Class Library extension methods
o Can be used with the same (or higher) .NET framework
 Except portable projects
o Including Client Profile targets
o Minimum framework version 3.5
How extension methods work? – compiler bindings to IL
Extension methods compiler binding:
- Generates IL for static call at build time
- Disambiguation rules:
o Extension methods for different types
 Class methods called
o Extension methods for different types
 Most specific called
o Multiple extension methods in scope
 Compiler error
o No extension methods in scope
 Compiler error

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