Question

take a look at this example code:

public class Comment {     private Comment()     { }      public Comment(string text, DateTime creationDate, string authorEmail)     {         Text = text;         CreationDate = creationDate;         AuthorEmail = authorEmail;     }      public virtual string Text { get; private set; }     public virtual DateTime CreationDate { get; set; }     public virtual string AuthorEmail { get; private set; } } 

i know it’s considered bad practice to call virtual member functions from the constructor, however in NHibernate i need the properties to be virtual to support lazy loading. Is it considered OK in this case?

Answer 1

I’m pretty sure this is fine, but if your worried you could always just assign the properties after a parameter less constructor call.