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C# OPERATOR OVERLOADING

You can redefine or excessive bulk of the built-in operators can be used in c #. So that a programmer can use operators and user-defined types. Overloaded operator is a special operator name keywords followed by the symbols for the specified operator function. Similar to other functions, overloaded operators have a type argument list, and return.

To cite an example, go through the following features:

The function above the addition operator (+) does not apply to user-defined classes box. It adds two properties to the object box, and returns the resulting box objects.

 
Implementing the Operator Overloading

The following program shows the complete implementation:

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result:

Overloadable and Non-Overloadable Operators

The following table describes the overload ability of the operators in C#:

Operators	Description
+, -, !, ~, ++, --	These unary operators take one operand and can be overloaded.
+, -, *, /, %	These binary operators take one operand and can be overloaded.
==, !=, <, >, <=, >=	The comparison operators can be overloaded/
&&, ||	The conditional logical operators cannot be overloaded directly.
+=, -=, *=, /=, %=	The assignment operators cannot be overloaded.
=, ., ?:, ->, new, is, sizeof, typeof	These operators cannot be overloaded.

Example

In the light of the above discussions, let us extend the preceding example, and overload few more operators:

using System;
namespace OperatorOvlApplication
{
   class Box
   {
      private double length;    // Length of a box
      private double breadth;   // Breadth of a box
      private double height;    // Height of a box
      
      public double getVolume()
      {
         return length * breadth * height;
      }
      
      public void setLength( double len )
      {
         length = len;
      }
      
      public void setBreadth( double bre )
      {
         breadth = bre;
      }
      
      public void setHeight( double hei )
      {
         height = hei;
      }
      
      // Overload + operator to add two Box objects.
      public static Box operator+ (Box b, Box c)
      {
         Box box = new Box();
         box.length = b.length + c.length;
         box.breadth = b.breadth + c.breadth;
         box.height = b.height + c.height;
         return box;
      }
      
      public static bool operator == (Box lhs, Box rhs)
      {
         bool status = false;
         if (lhs.length == rhs.length && lhs.height == rhs.height && lhs.breadth == rhs.breadth)
         {
            status = true;
         }
         return status;
      }
      
      public static bool operator !=(Box lhs, Box rhs)
      {
         bool status = false;
         if (lhs.length != rhs.length || lhs.height != rhs.height || lhs.breadth != rhs.breadth)
         {
            status = true;
         }
         return status;
      }
      
      public static bool operator <(Box lhs, Box rhs)
      {
         bool status = false;
         if (lhs.length < rhs.length && lhs.height < rhs.height && lhs.breadth < rhs.breadth)
         {
            status = true;
         }
         return status;
      }
      
      public static bool operator >(Box lhs, Box rhs)
      {
         bool status = false;
         if (lhs.length > rhs.length && lhs.height > rhs.height && lhs.breadth > rhs.breadth)
         {
            status = true;
         }
         return status;
      }
      
      public static bool operator <=(Box lhs, Box rhs)
      {
         bool status = false;
         if (lhs.length <= rhs.length && lhs.height <= rhs.height && lhs.breadth <= rhs.breadth)
         {
            status = true;
         }
         return status;
      }
      
      public static bool operator >=(Box lhs, Box rhs)
      {
         bool status = false;
         if (lhs.length >= rhs.length && lhs.height >= rhs.height && lhs.breadth >= rhs.breadth)
         {
            status = true;
         }
         return status;
      }
      public override string ToString()
      {
         return String.Format("({0}, {1}, {2})", length, breadth, height);
      }
   }
   
   class Tester
   {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         Box Box1 = new Box();   // Declare Box1 of type Box
         Box Box2 = new Box();   // Declare Box2 of type Box
         Box Box3 = new Box();   // Declare Box3 of type Box
         Box Box4 = new Box();
         double volume = 0.0;    // Store the volume of a box here
         
         // box 1 specification
         Box1.setLength(6.0);
         Box1.setBreadth(7.0);
         Box1.setHeight(5.0);
         
         // box 2 specification
         Box2.setLength(12.0);
         Box2.setBreadth(13.0);
         Box2.setHeight(10.0);
         
         //displaying the Boxes using the overloaded ToString():
         Console.WriteLine("Box 1: {0}", Box1.ToString());
         Console.WriteLine("Box 2: {0}", Box2.ToString());
         
         // volume of box 1
         volume = Box1.getVolume();
         Console.WriteLine("Volume of Box1 : {0}", volume);
         
         // volume of box 2
         volume = Box2.getVolume();
         Console.WriteLine("Volume of Box2 : {0}", volume);
         
         // Add two object as follows:
         Box3 = Box1 + Box2;
         Console.WriteLine("Box 3: {0}", Box3.ToString());
         
         // volume of box 3
         volume = Box3.getVolume();
         Console.WriteLine("Volume of Box3 : {0}", volume);
         
         //comparing the boxes
         if (Box1 > Box2)
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is greater than Box2");
         else
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is  greater than Box2");
         
         if (Box1 < Box2)
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is less than Box2");
         else
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is not less than Box2");
         
         if (Box1 >= Box2)
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is greater or equal to Box2");
         else
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is not greater or equal to Box2");
         
         if (Box1 <= Box2)
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is less or equal to Box2");
         else
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is not less or equal to Box2");
         
         if (Box1 != Box2)
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is not equal to Box2");
         else
            Console.WriteLine("Box1 is not greater or equal to Box2");
         Box4 = Box3;
         
         if (Box3 == Box4)
            Console.WriteLine("Box3 is equal to Box4");
         else
            Console.WriteLine("Box3 is not equal to Box4");
         
         Console.ReadKey();
      }
   }
}

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result: