sealed class

A sealed class cannot be used as a base class. For this reason, it cannot also be an abstract class. Sealed classes are primarily used to prevent derivation. Because they can never be used as a base class, some run-time optimizations can make calling sealed class members slightly faster. Sealing a class means one can not derive from it. Sealing a method means one can not override it. In C# structs are implicitly sealed; therefore, they cannot be inherited. If we try to inherit from a sealed class in another class we will get compile time error about Inconsistent accessibility (code is shown in following code listing).