Question

I have a base class and derived class. If I’m creating an object of the derived class, which constructor will be taken first: the base constructor or the derived constructor?

Answer 1

The instance constructors are initialize in reverse order. The base constructor will be initialized first, then the derived constructor.

Take a look here http://www.csharp411.com/c-object-initialization/

There is a good overview of the order in which the object’s fields and constructors are initialized:

1. Derived static fields
2. Derived static constructor
3. Derived instance fields
4. Base static fields
5. Base static constructor
6. Base instance fields
7. Base instance constructor
8. Derived instance constructor