Inherit from custom class and MonoBehavior

I'm scripting in C#. I have a class StatsManager which contains methods and variables common between the player and the enemy. I have derived classes EnemyStats and PlayerStats which have some unique variables and behaviors.

These scripts seem fine.

However, I want to access the derived classes (EnemyStats and PlayerStats) using gameobject.getComponent(), but I apparently can't do this unless the script I'm trying to access derives from MonoBehavior (which, in hindsight, makes sense).

Is there a way that I can achieve this using my current structure? i.e. is there something similar to the implements keyword in Java present in C#?

If not, is there another way to do what I'm trying to do (use inheritance and OOD), or should I abandon what I've been taught formally (not that that's necessarily a bad thing) and just make scripts PlayerStats and EnemyStats, each containing both common and unique variables and methods and have them inherit from MonoBehavior?

This would make some things easier, as I could treat PlayerStats as a singleton, but, in my opinion, will make my code less maintainable and more jumbled.

I know I'm potentially opening a can of worms with this question, but what do you suggest as a solution?

Thanks

 

Have an abstract class, in this case let's call it Stats, amd have it inherit from MonoBehaviour. This class would contain your common variables. Then you make a PlayerStats class and an EnemyStats class that inherit from your Stats class. Voila!

 

What Dameon said, or add your Stat class as a field of a monobehaviour that already is on player / enemy

 

Of course! Why didn't I think of that...

Thank you!