Question

I have the following issue:

public class ChildClass{
   public Object Parent = null;
}
public class ParentClass{
   public ChildClass CreateChild(){
        return new ChildClass{ Parent = this; }
   }
}

I got a bit stuck understanding object initializers. In the CreateChild() method, does this refer to ParentClass or ChildClass?

Answer 1

this will refer the the class it is in.

In the example, this will be an instance of ParentClass, since it is declared within the body of ParentClass.