Web Development

//Base class for all resources
//Lots of these properties must be overridden by the derived class
//Starting to think it makes more sense for this to be an interface instead...
public class ServiceResource
{

    public string endpoint_url; //this MUST be over ridden by the derived class


    //this takes the object and saves it via API call
    public ServiceResponse Save()
    {
        string post_params = BuildParameters(); //this should call BuildParameters in the derived class

        ServiceRequest request = new ServiceRequest();

        ServiceResponse resp = request.Send("POST", this.endpoint_url, post_params);

        return resp;
    }

    public string BuildParameters()
    {
        throw new Exception("You must set this in the derived class");
        //this MUST overridded by descendent class so this class can make the requests to the API endpoint
    }
}

public class Category : ServiceResource
       {
           private int id;
           private string name;

           public string BuildParameters()
           {

               return "I am overriding base.BuildParameters()";
           }

           //Override base.endpoint_url
           public string endpoint_url = "/categories";

           public int Id
           {
               get { return id; }
               set { id = value; }
           }

           public string Name
           {
               get { return name; }
               set { name = value; }
           }
       }

Category c = new Category();
c.Name="new category";
c.Save();