[Mono-list] Calling a constructor from within another's code

[Francisco M. Marzoa]

Hi Stifu,

Thanks. Then I assume that there's no "official" manner of calling the
base constructor within the new class one appart from the ": base
(...)", isn't it?

Regards,


El 16/11/10 19:54, Stifu escribió:
> You could always move the base constructor code to a protected method and
> call it from the derived class constructor.
>
> public class C : B
> {
>     public C ()
>     {
>         MyDataStruct data = GetDataFromTheDatabase ();
>         this.InitStuff( data.a, data.b );
>     }
> }
>
> *shrugs*
>
>
> fran wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I know you can call a base class constructor using ": base" after the
>> new constructor signature. I.e.:
>>
>> public class A
>> {
>>     int i;
>>     public A (int _i)
>>     {
>>         i=_i;
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> public class B : A
>> {
>>     public B (int a, int b) : base (a+b) // Calls A constructor with _i
>> as _a+_b
>>     {
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> But what happens if you should made some more complicated that cannot be
>> done in that way???
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> public class C : B
>> {
>>     public C ()
>>     {
>>         MyDataStruct data = GetDataFromTheDatabase ();
>>         base ( data.a, data.b ); // This will not work, indeed, but
>> illustrates the idea...
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> This is a question more focused on C# than in mono itself, but I hope
>> not to disturb no one doing it here since the list has not very high
>> trafic.
>>
>> Best regards,
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>>     
>