Calling a C# constructor..

[Alan Seunarayan]

Hello all,
I need to know if I can call a C# constructor in the same way VB.NET and
JAVA can. For example:

class myClass {
public myClass() {
Console.WriteLine("Hello from constructor 1");
}

public myClass(string name) {
Console.WriteLine("{0} says \"Hello from constructor 2\"", name);
myClass(); //want to call the 1st constructor!!
}
}

many thanks and Happy New Year (in advance)

Alan Seunarayan

 

[Alan Seunarayan]

oh well, I think I have sorted it!
class myClass {
public myClass() {
Console.WriteLine("Hello from constructor 1");
}

public myClass(string name) :this() { //<---------fixed?
Console.WriteLine("{0} says \"Hello from constructor 2\"", name);
// myClass(); //want to call the 1st constructor!!
}
}

but if anyone knows better then please tell me.

thanks again

 

[Mattias Sjögren]

Alan,

but if anyone knows better then please tell me.

What do you mean by "better"? What's wrong with using this()?



Mattias

 

[Alan Seunarayan]

that idea sort of came to me just after posting, but there are always more
than one way to "skin a cat" and I just wanted to see if there was also
another way.

thank though

Alan

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

that idea sort of came to me just after posting, but there are always more
than one way to "skin a cat" and I just wanted to see if there was also
another way.

Nope, that's it. Note that your first example wouldn't have worked in
Java either though, as (just like in C#) the other constructor (or the
base class's constructor) must be the first thing called.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/constructors.html for more
information.

 

[Alan Seunarayan]

Thanks and happy new year!

Nope, that's it. Note that your first example wouldn't have worked in
Java either though, as (just like in C#) the other constructor (or the
base class's constructor) must be the first thing called.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/constructors.html for more
information.