Inherit from class with inaccessible abstract members and all constructors inaccessible

Question

The class System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar of the mscorlib.dll assembly is non-nested public but its sole instance constructor is internal and it also declares some internal abstract members.

The problem: Write a C# class in your own assembly (code must compile with usual C# compiler) where a class derives from (inherits) the System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar of the BCL.

Your class must have System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar as its direct base class. It is not allowed to have a third class in "between" your class and that class in the inheritance hierarchy.

(Advanced stuff like dynamic assemblies or runtime IL emission is not needed.)

(Stated as a C# problem. Discussions on whether the equivalent problem can be solved in other object-oriented languages too, will also be considered interesting.)

It is not required that the class you write is usable in any way ;-)

Answer 1

Well, I have either to call a base constructor (which is not accessible) or an other constructor in the same class.

public abstract class Class1 : System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar {
    private Class1() : this(1) {}
    private Class1(int i) : this() {}
}

So let's call the constructors recursive. Not very useful, but who cares?

Answer 2

One way to do it is to inherit a subclass of System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar:

public class MySubclass : System.Globalization.JapaneseLunisolarCalendar
{
    public static void Test()
    {
        var instance = new MySubclass();

        Console.WriteLine(instance is System.Globalization.EastAsianLunisolarCalendar);
        // this prints "True"
    }
}