Public Sub New() not inheriting?

[Nemisis]

Hi everyone,

Can someone tell me why, if i have a Base class (classA) that have a
constructor of

Public Sub New()

End Sub

And i have a class that inherits the functionality of this class
(ClassB), why does ClassB not have the New constructor??

Do i have to explictly define this in every class that inherits ClassA??

 

[tdavisjr]

If you don't define a constructor, the CLR will define one for you. All
classes MUST have a constructor. So, ClassB will be given a constructor if
you don't explictly write one yourself.

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Indeed, constructors aren't inherited.

You'll find reasoning for it on following post
http://blogs.msdn.com/ericgu/archive/2004/04/22/118231.aspx