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

The only "legit" case I can see from you code is if half of them are using an obsolete type that you are working to remove from the code. When I work like this I frequently have double sets of constructors, where half of them are marked @Deprecated or @Obsolete. But your code seems to be way beyond that stage....