Calling a constructor from another

[Sathyaish]

How does a constructor of one class call another of the same class?
When would this mechanism make sense or be required?
PS: Two instances I saw are:

(a) While using the Singleton pattern
(b) While using the Factory pattern

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Sathyaish,
To call a base constructor you use MyBase.New as the first statement of your
constructor. NOTE: If you do not explicitly call a base constructor, the
default base constructor, if available, will implicitly be called for you.

To call another constructor in the same class you use MyClass.New as the
first statement of your constructor.

For example:

Public MustInherit Class Base

Public Sub New(name As String)
' save name someplace
End Sub

End Class

Public Class Derived
Inherits Base

Public Sub New(name As String)
MyClass.New(name, "Some Default Value")
End Sub

Public Sub New(name As String, value As String)
MyBase.New(name)
' save value someplace
End Sub

End Class

Hope this helps
Jay
"Sathyaish" <Sa*******@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| How does a constructor of one class call another of the same class?
| When would this mechanism make sense or be required?
|
|
| PS: Two instances I saw are:
|
| (a) While using the Singleton pattern
| (b) While using the Factory pattern
|

[Cor Ligthert]

Sathyaish,

I don't know if I understand your question right, however when you are
asking about recursion, than what you ask is necessary when you are
accessing a tree with undefined nodes.

I hope this helps,

Cor