Indicator Base Classes

[henry_aclitus]

I have created some base classes, that are derived from Indicator, to avoid code duplication. I wasn't able to make them abstract, but could make them virtual. The issue is that the base classes appear in the Indicators list. I could just duplicate the source code, but I naturally want to avoid that if I can.

Thanks,
Henry

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Henry,

Inheritance for indicators is not supported by NinjaTrader and can cause issues with the auto-generated code added by NinjaTrader.

You could have static methods in a custom namespace and call the methods from indicators or strategies, and this would not cause issues with this.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/historical-beta-archive/version-8-beta/83018-partial-class-does-not-work?p=712245#post712245

[henry_aclitus]

My base classes make use of protected class fields, properites and some abstract/virtual methods. What I'll do is duplicate the source code, but put it into a region so it is easy to identify and remove if Inheritence for indicators is ever supported. That would also make it easier to maintain for me as I will just copy and paste any modifications to what would ideally be the source code for the base class into the classes that use it.

Thanks,
Henry