VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

Sub Statement

Syntax

[ClassBehavior] [AccessModifier] Sub name [(arglist)] 
   [statements]
   [Exit Sub] 
   [statements]
End Sub

ClassBehavior (optional; Keyword)

One of the keywords shown in the following table:

Keyword	Description
Overloads	Indicates that more than one declaration of this subroutine exists (with different argument signatures).
Overrides	For derived classes, indicates that the subroutine overrides the subroutine by the same name (and argument signature) in the base class.
Overridable	Indicates that the subroutine can be overridden in a derived class.
NotOverridable	Indicates that the subroutine cannot be overridden in a derived class.
MustOverride	Indicates that the subroutine must be overridden in a derived class.
Shadows	In a derived class definition, indicates that calls to derived class members that are made through a base class ignore the shadowed implementation.
Shared	Callable without creating an object of the class. It is, in this strange sense, shared by all objects of the class. These are also called static subroutines.

AccessModifier (optional)

The possible values of AccessModifier are Public, Private, Friend, Protected, or Protected Friend. The following table describes the effects of the various access modifiers. Note that “direct access” refers to accessing the member without any qualification, as in:

classvariable = 100

and “class/object access” refers to accessing the member through qualification, either with the ...