How are partial methods used in C# 3.0?

Question

I have read about partial methods in the latest C# language specification, so I understand the principles, but I\'m wondering how people are actually using them. Is there a

Answer 1

Partial methods are very similar in concept to the GoF Template Method behavioural pattern (Design Patterns, p325).

They allow the behaviour of an algorithm or operation to be defined in one place and implemented or changed elsewhere enabling extensibility and customisation. I've started to use partial methods in C# 3.0 instead of template methods because the I think the code is cleaner.

One nice feature is that unimplemented partial methods incur no runtime overhead as they're compiled away.