How can I listen for a function being called from a parent class?

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Just for simplicity of getting my question across, let's say I have this:

  public class Humanoid : MonoBehavior

      void Die()

      //Do stuff

If I have a child class, how can I accomplish a "listen" for the Die() function, like if I want something specific to happen to the child on Die() that does not happen to the parent, like this:

  public class Orc : Humanoid

      void OnDie()

      //Do stuff unique to orcs whenever the parent class calls its Die() function

How can I accomplish this? Thanks.

Answer 1

Answer by iwaldrop · Aug 24, 2014 at 06:59 AM

It's quite simple, actually. Use the virtual keyword on the base class, and the override keyword on the derived class.

 public class Humanoid : MonoBehavior
 {
     protected virtual void Die()
     {
     //Do stuff
     }
 }

 public class Orc : Humanoid
 {
     protected override void Die()
     {
     // do stuff here if you want it done before the stuff in the base class
     base.Die();
     // do stuff here if you want it done after the stuff in the base class
     }
 }

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