If I modified base class, how can I know that which derived classes are affected. To elaborate more, for example, I have two base classes named Class A and Class B. I have Class X and Class Y inheriting from Class A, and Class Z inherits from Class B. Here in this case scenario, I have only 2 base class and 3 derived classes and it is manageable to see how they are interrelated. What if I have so many derived classes with so many base classes in real world enterprise application. How can I identify which classes are going to affect when I change base class. Thank.
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Via your documentation and class diagrams? Or do you mean via code? – cjb110 Jul 21 '15 at 07:14
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/282377/visual-studio-how-do-i-show-all-classes-inherited-from-a-base-class – Matteo Umili Jul 21 '15 at 07:17
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@cjb110 I agree that class diagrams is one way to go. Is is possible by code to look up? – jkhaung Jul 21 '15 at 07:22
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In Visual Studio you would right click on the thing you want to change and in the popup menu select either View all references or View call hierarchy.
If you want to do it yourself in code you would use reflection for example as described in Discovering derived types using reflection.
