Call Constructor Base after Code Execution

Question

Let say we have Class A and Class B. ClassB extends Class A. (ClassB : ClassA)

Now let\'s say that whenever I instantiate ClassB, I\'d like to Run some Random code and o

Answer 1

There's a hacky way of doing it using an instance variable initializer:

using System;

class ClassA
{
    public ClassA()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Initialization");
    }  
}

class ClassB : ClassA
{
    private readonly int ignoreMe = BeforeBaseConstructorCall();

    public ClassB()
    {
    }

    private static int BeforeBaseConstructorCall()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Before new");
        return 0; // We really don't care
    }
}

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        new ClassB();
    }    
}

The less hacky way of doing it is to rethink how you construct a ClassB to start with. Instead of having clients call the constructor directly, provide a static method for them to call:

public static ClassB CreateInstance()
{
    Console.WriteLine("Before initialization stuff");
    return new ClassB();
}