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C# Noob: Calling base class constructor

Hi there,

In vb.net, if i inherit from a class then the first i generally do in a sub
classes contructor is MyBase.New(..);
Whats the pattern in C#? It seems to do these things automatically; I didn't
think C# did "anything" automatically?

Thanks

Richard
Apr 25 '07 #1
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In vb.net, if i inherit from a class then the first i generally do in a
sub classes contructor is MyBase.New(..);
Whats the pattern in C#? It seems to do these things automatically; I
didn't think C# did "anything" automatically?
In C# (and many other OOP languages), the default constructor for base
classes is always called automatically. You can use the ": base(...)"
syntax after the constructor declaration in a derived class if you need
access to a base constructor (from the immediate-ancestor class only) with a
specific parameter list.

Had I done any OOP in VB.NET I would have been very surprised to find that
it *didn't* do that. So I guess it all just depends on your perspective.
:)

Pete

Apr 25 '07 #2
>In vb.net, if i inherit from a class then the first i generally do in a sub
>classes contructor is MyBase.New(..);
Whats the pattern in C#?
The syntax is

public YourClass(...) : base(...)
{
}

>It seems to do these things automatically; I didn't
think C# did "anything" automatically?
It only calls a parameterless constructor automatically. If you want
to use one with parameters you have to write the code for it.
Mattias

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Apr 25 '07 #3
Richard Coltrane <rc@spamsux.com wrote:
In vb.net, if i inherit from a class then the first i generally do in a sub
classes contructor is MyBase.New(..);
Whats the pattern in C#? It seems to do these things automatically; I didn't
think C# did "anything" automatically?
Others have answered your immediate question, but see
http://pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/constructors.html for more information.

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