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By: Suresh Dasari Sep 25, 2013

Categories: C#.Net , Interview Questions , OOPS Concepts

Introduction:
Here I will explain what is constructor in c#with example, uses and types of constructors in c# default

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constructor, static constructor, copy constructor, parameterized constructor and private constructor
examples in c#.net.

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In previous posts I explained use of virtual, override and new keyword with examples in c# method
overloading and overriding, delegates example in c#, sealed class in c#, using statement in c#, OOPS

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examples in c# and many articles relating to interview questions in c#, asp.net, SQL server, JavaScript,
jQuery. Now I will explain constructor in c#.net with example and different types of constructor in c#.net
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Constructor is a special method of a class which will invoke automatically whenever instance or object of
class is created. Constructors are responsible for object initialization and memory allocation of its class.
If we create any class without constructor, the compiler will automatically create one default constructor

for that class. There is always at least one constructor in every class.
Here you need to remember that a class can have any number of constructors and constructors dont
have any return type, not even void and within a class we can create only one static constructor.
Generally constructor name should be same as class name. If we want to create constructor in a class we
need to create a constructor method name same as class name check below sample method for
constructor

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class SampleA
{

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public SampleA()
{
Console.WriteLine("Sample A Test Method");
}
}
Types of Constructors
Basically constructors are 5 types those are

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1. Default Constructor
2. Parameterized Constructor
3. Copy Constructor
4. Static Constructor
5. Private Constructor

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Default Constructor
A constructor without having any parameters called default constructor. In this constructor every instance
of the class will be initialized without any parameter values like as shown below

using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
class Sample
{
public string param1, param2;
public Sample() // Default Constructor
{
param1 = "Welcome";
param2 = "Aspdotnet-Suresh";
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Sample obj=new Sample(); // Once object of class created automatically constructor will be called
Console.WriteLine(obj.param1);
Console.WriteLine(obj.param2);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}

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When we run above program it will show output like as shown below

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Output

Aspdotnet-Suresh

Welcome
Aspdotnet-Suresh

+1
+ 1,999

Parameterized Constructors

Aspdotnetsuresh
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A constructor with at least one parameter is called as parameterized constructor. In parameterized

constructor we can initialize each instance of the class to different values like as shown below

using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
class Sample
{
public string param1, param2;
public Sample(string x, string y) // Declaring Parameterized constructor with Parameters
{
param1 = x;
param2 = y;
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Sample obj=new Sample("Welcome","Aspdotnet-Suresh"); // Parameterized Constructor Called
Console.WriteLine(obj.param1 +" to "+ obj.param2);
Console.ReadLine();
}

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{
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}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Sample obj = new Sample(); // Default Constructor will Called
Sample obj1=new Sample("Welcome","Aspdotnet-Suresh"); // Parameterized Constructor will Called
Console.WriteLine(obj.param1 + ", "+obj.param2);
Console.WriteLine(obj1.param1 +" to " + obj1.param2);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
When we run above program it will show output like as shown below
Output

Hi, I am Default Constructor

Welcome to Aspdotnet-Suresh

Copy Constructor
A parameterized constructor that contains a parameter of same class type is called as copy constructor.
Main purpose of copy constructor is to initialize new instance to the values of an existing instance. Check
below example for this

using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
class Sample
{
public string param1, param2;
public Sample(string x, string y)
{

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param1 = x;
param2 = y;
}
public Sample(Sample obj) // Copy Constructor
{
param1 = obj.param1;
param2 = obj.param2;
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Sample obj = new Sample("Welcome", "Aspdotnet-Suresh"); // Create instance to class Sample
Sample obj1=new Sample(obj); // Here obj details will copied to obj1
Console.WriteLine(obj1.param1 +" to " + obj1.param2);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
When we run above program it will show output like as shown below
Output

Welcome to Aspdotnet-Suresh

Static Constructor
When we declared constructor as static it will be invoked only once for any number of instances of the
class and its during the creation of first instance of the class or the first reference to a static member in
the class. Static constructor is used to initialize static fields of the class and to write the code that needs
to be executed only once.

using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
class Sample
{
public string param1, param2;
static Sample()
{
Console.WriteLine("Static Constructor");
}
public Sample()
{
param1 = "Sample";
param2 = "Instance Constructor";
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Here Both Static and instance constructors are invoked for first instance
Sample obj=new Sample();
Console.WriteLine(obj.param1 + " " + obj.param2);
// Here only instance constructor will be invoked
Sample obj1 = new Sample();
Console.WriteLine(obj1.param1 +" " + obj1.param2);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}

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When we run above program we will get output like as shown below
Output

Static Constructor
Sample Instance Constructor
Sample Instance Constructor
Importance points of static constructor
- Static constructor will not accept any parameters because it is automatically called by CLR.
- Static constructor will not have any access modifiers.
- Static constructor will execute automatically whenever we create first instance of class
- Only one static constructor will allowed.
Private Constructor
Private constructor is a special instance constructor used in a class that contains static member only. If a
class has one or more private constructor and no public constructor then other classes is not allowed to
create instance of this class this mean we can neither create the object of the class nor it can be inherit
by other class. The main purpose of creating private constructor is used to restrict the class from being
instantiated when it contains every member as static.

using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
public class Sample
{
public string param1, param2;
public Sample(string a,string b)
{
param1 = a;
param2 = b;
}
private Sample() // Private Constructor Declaration
{
Console.WriteLine("Private Constructor with no prameters");
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Here we don't have chance to create instace for private constructor
Sample obj = new Sample("Welcome","to Aspdotnet-Suresh");
Console.WriteLine(obj.param1 +" " + obj.param2);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
Output

Welcome to Aspdotnet-Suresh

In above method we can create object of class with parameters will work fine. If create object of class
without parameters it will not allow us create.

// it will works fine

Sample obj = new Sample("Welcome","to Aspdotnet-Suresh");
// it will not work because of inaccessability
Sample obj=new Sample();

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Important points of private constructor

- One use of private construct is when we have only static member.
- Once we provide a constructor that is either private or public or any, the compiler will not allow us to
add public constructor without parameters to the class.
- If we want to create object of class even if we have private constructors then we need to have public
constructor along with private constructor

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39 comments :
Anonymous said...

Very very nice article..

as always you do best
due to this article I have solved many douts regarding constuctor....
happy coding

September 25, 2013 at 11:56 PM

Anonymous said...

is it possible to create private constructor ?waht will happen if we create private constructer

September 26, 2013 at 2:51 AM

Amol Sonavane said...

hi...
what about private constructor?......

September 26, 2013 at 4:12 AM

Anonymous said...

Once we provide a constructor that is either private or public or any, the compiler will not allow us to add public
constructor without parameters to the class. can u gv a example for ths

October 4, 2013 at 12:28 PM

sunil srinivas said...

Very nice article

May 1, 2014 at 12:33 AM

Anonymous said...
nice article

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Anonymous said...

Thanx 4 the details

May 7, 2014 at 3:42 AM

Anonymous said...

very good ......... it more helpful for developer.

May 7, 2014 at 4:54 PM

Bhuva Bhavesh said...

Very nice..
Thank..

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Good one, greate job....

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Gud one..you have written very short and specific things to understand clearly.

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thanx

June 23, 2014 at 1:05 AM

Muhammad Jafar said...

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Really very nice article

August 7, 2014 at 11:35 PM

arun said...

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Good article for constructors.

August 8, 2014 at 11:47 PM

Anonymous said...

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As all of your Articles, this also gives a clear understanding Mr.Suresh. Thanks

September 15, 2014 at 7:22 AM

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very nice,Easy to understand the concepts.

November 17, 2014 at 11:38 PM

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Really nice articles. It's useful and easy to understand.

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