Constructor query

[Sems]

On a construtor such as...

public Article(ViewModelContext<INewsArticle> context = null) :
base(context) {}

what does the ': base(context)' part mean?

 

[Jason Keats]

On a construtor such as...

public Article(ViewModelContext<INewsArticle> context = null) :
base(context) {}

what does the ': base(context)' part mean?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hfw7t1ce(v=VS.90).aspx

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

On a construtor such as...

public Article(ViewModelContext<INewsArticle> context = null) :
base(context) {}

what does the ': base(context)' part mean?

That the super class'es constructor is called
with context.

Arne