Constructors in C#

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Classes and Objects - slide 27 : 29

Constructors in C#

A constructor is a special method which is called automatically in order to initialize a new instance of a class

Constructors in C#
- Have the same name as the surrounding class
- Do not specify any return value type
- Are often overloaded - several different constructors can appear in a class
- May - in a special way - delegate the initialization job to another constructor
- In case no constructors are defined, there is a parameterless default constructor
  - As its only action, it calls the parameterless constructor in the superclass
- In case a constructor is defined there will be no parameterless default constructor

Constructors in class BankAccount.

Improved constructors in class BankAccount.

Constructors in the class Die.