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In C# we can split the class into multiple parts. Generally in huge projects developers are working on same classes simultaneously. Splitting the classes increasing the speed of development in these cases. Developers can use Partial classes to create parts of related classes.

We use partial keyword before class definiton and we use same class names in different files. We can split our class two or more files code files. During the compiling all parts of same class getting together. We can call the class functions normally in program.

You can not define same properties with same names in seperate partial classes. Because even if they are in seperate source files, they are same class. Compiler will throw error as already defined.

In this example, firstly I created a folder and added class source files in this folder. (A namespace has been created.) Then A added class source files in this folder. I created source file for variables, private functions and public functions seperatelly.

Variables.cs

namespace PartialClassExample.AircraftClass
{
    partial class Aircraft
    {
        private string brand = "Boeing";
        private string majorModel = "777";
        private string minorModel = "300ER";

        public string acToString() => brand + " " + majorModel + "-" + minorModel;
    }
}

InternalMembers.cs

namespace PartialClassExample.AircraftClass
{
    partial class Aircraft
    {
        private void makeUpper() 
        {
            brand = brand.ToUpper();
            minorModel = minorModel.ToUpper();
            majorModel = majorModel.ToUpper();
        }
    }
}

PublicMembers.cs

using System;

namespace PartialClassExample.AircraftClass
{
    partial class Aircraft
    {
        public Aircraft() { }

        public void setAC(string _brand, string _majorModel, string _minorModel)
        {
            this.brand = _brand;
            this.majorModel = _majorModel;
            this.minorModel = _minorModel;
        }

        public void printUpperAC()
        {
            makeUpper();
            Console.WriteLine(acToString());
        }
    }
}

Program.cs

using System;
using PartialClassExample.AircraftClass; //using folder namespace

namespace PartialClassExample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.Title = "Partial Class Example - TheCodeProgram";
            Aircraft ac = new Aircraft();
            Console.WriteLine(ac.acToString());
            ac.printUpperAC();
            ac.setAC("Airbus", "A330", "300");
            Console.WriteLine(ac.acToString());
            ac.printUpperAC();

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

That is all in this article.

Have a good splitting the classes.

Burak Hamdi TUFAN