Question

I have a class (let’s call it Class1), which inherits another class (Class2).
What I’m trying to do is run the costructor method in Class2 upon inheritance in Class1.

I suppose it has to look something like this:

// Class1
public class Class1 : Class2
{
    public Class1()
    {

    }
}
// Class2
public class Class2
{
    public Class2()
    {
        //this is the function I want to run
    }
}

But I can’t get it to work like this.
Is there a way to do this, without actually having to call the Class2() constructor method from Class1?

Answer 1

You’re declaring your constructors incorrectly. Remove the void keyword:

// Class1 
public class Class1 : Class2 
{ 
    public Class1() 
    { 

    } 
} 
// Class2 
public class Class2 
{ 
    public Class2() 
    { 
        //this is the function I want to run 
    } 
} 

The default constructor of the base class will run automatically. If you wish to call a non-default constructor, you can do it like this:

// Class1 
public class Class1 : Class2 
{ 
    public Class1() : base("argument")
    { 

    } 
} 
// Class2 
public class Class2 
{ 
    public Class2() 
    { 
    } 
    public Class2(string theParameter)
    {
        //code for initializing the object with the string parameter 
    }
}