Here’s how that might look:
public class Family
{
// Add any shared properties here
public string Name {get;set;}
}
public class Animal
{
// this could be public, or keep it more internal
protected Family Family { get;set; }
public Animal(Family fam)
{
Family = fam;
}
// you’ll probably want to do somethng more useful than this, but it should
// give you the idea
public string FamilyName
{
get { return Family.Name; }
}
}
public class SpecificAnimal : Animal
{
public SpecificAnimal(Family fam)
: base(fam) // pass the family instance into the base class
{
// do any other setup here
}
public void DoSomething()
{
// we can access the Family properties from in this specific class too
var name = Family.Name;
}
}
