How many constructors should a class have?

Question

I\'m currently modifying a class that has 9 different constructors. Now overall I believe this class is very poorly designed... so I\'m wondering if it is poor design for a clas

Answer 1

Surely a class should have as many constructors as are required by the class... this doesnt mean than bad design can take over.

Class design should be that a constructor creates a valid object after is has finished. If you can do that with 1 param or 10 params then so be it!