What does this class definition mean in C#?

I saw a class defined like this:

p开发者_如何学Cublic class TheAppointments : JavaScriptConverter
{

What does this mean? I'm kinda new to C#.

Thanks.

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You are inheriting from the JavaScriptConverter class.

http://www.csharp-station.com/Tutorials/lesson08.aspx

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The : notation is used to signify that the class TheAppointments inherits from the class JavaScriptConverter. Check out Wikipedia's explanation for some background info about inheritance in object oriented programming.

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That means the class TheAppointments inherits from JavaScriptConverter

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The overall meaning is you are defining a new class that is defined (a.k.a a subclass of) JavaScriptConverter.

The public part means that the class is visible to everything, in that anything can reference that class and create it if it has a public constrcutor.

The class part, well means it is a class. Other syntax that goes here could include interface and enum.