c# - Inheriting from List

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What is the fastest way to implement a
new class that inherits from
List?

class
            Animal {}

class Animals : List {} //
            (1)

One
problem I've encountered: By simply doing (1), I've found
that I'm not getting the benefit of inheriting any constructors from
List.

In the
end, I'd like Animals to behave a lot like a
List (e.g., can be constructed, compatibility with
Linq). But in addition, I'd also like to be able to add my own custom
methods.

Answer

If you want to create a
publicly exposed animal collection you should not inherit
from List and instead inherit from href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132397.aspx" rel="nofollow
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postfix Collection in the class name. Example:
AnimalCollection :
Collection.

This is
supported by the href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/kcwalina/2004/09/28/design-guidelines-digest/"
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specifically:

DO NOT use ArrayList,
List,


Hashtable, or Dictionary
in
public APIs. Use Collection,

ReadOnlyCollection,

KeyedCollection, or
CollectionBase
subtypes instead. Note
that the generic collections are only

supported in the Framework version 2.0
and
above.