Declaration Modifiers - C# and VB.NET

Access Modifiers¶

Visual Basic.NET	C#	Class	Method	Description
Public	public	x	x	accessible from anywhere within the same project, from other projects that reference the project, and from any assembly built from the project
Friend	internal	-	x	accessible only from within the same assembly
Protected	protected	x	-	accessible only from within the same class or a derived class
Protected Friend	protected internal	-	x	accessible within the same assembly and from within derived classes

VB	C#	Context	Description
MustOverride	abstract	method	Specifies that a property or procedure is not implemented in this class and must be overridden in a derived class before it can be used
NotOverridable	sealed	method	Specifies that a property or procedure may not be overridden in a derived class
Overridable	virtual	method	Specifies that a property or procedure may be overridden in a derived class
Shared	static	method	Specifies that a property or procedure is implemented independent of an instance of the containing class.
Shadows; Overrides	override	method	Specifies that a property or procedure has an implementation in the derived class that replaces that from the base class.
MustInherit	abstract	class	Specifies that a class can be used only as a base class and that you cannot create an object directly from it
NotInheritable	sealed	class	Specifies that a class cannot be inherited.