Inherited method that calls new static method

[xja]

In C#, is it possible to call a new static method from an inherited method? When I try to do this, it always calls the "hidden" static method in the base class.

eg, in the example below, when I call DoSomething() on an instance of Child, I want it to call the static method Child.DoSomethingElse() but when I implement this, it calls the static method Parent.DoSomethingElse() only. I am using the new keyword since you can't override a static method.

public class Parent
{
  public static void DoSomethingElse() {  }
  public void DoSomething()
  {
       DoSomethingElse();
  }
}

public class Child : Parent
{
   public new static void DoSomethingElse() { }
}

[Phil Weber]

No, that's not possible because "new" breaks the inheritance chain, so DoSomething in the base class knows nothing about your new DoSomethingElse method. The only solution I can think of is to add a new DoSomething method in the Child class.

[xja]

Thanks. Regarding adding DoSomething() in the Child class, yes, that does work, although I then have to add the DoSomething() method to every derived class (I have several that inherit from Parent). I have resorted to making the DoSomethingElse() not static, using abstract in the Parent and override in the Child.

I realize that on the surface, one would wonder why I would want the DoSomethingElse() to be static if I need to create an instance to call DoSomething() anyway. The reason is that sometimes I need to call DoSomethingElse() independently and don't want to have to create an instance to do so.