When you declare an interface, you cannot use access modifiers on interface’s member. An interface makes a collection of members available to code that accesses a class implementing that interface. So it makes sense that the interface members are public.
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| public interface IBark{ int BarkCount { get; set; } void Bark(string woofSound, int count);} |
When you implement an interface, you must mark the interface members as public.
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| public class Dog : IBark{ public int BarkCount { get; set; } public void Bark(string woofSound, int count) { for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++) Console.WriteLine(woofSound); }} |
If you implement the interface explicitly, the members are implicitly public and you cannot mark them with access modifiers.
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| int IBark.BarkCount { get; set; }void <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">IBark.Bark(string</span> woofSound, int count){ for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++) Console.WriteLine(woofSound);} |