Is there a way to override the empty constructor in a class generated by LINQtoSQL?

Question

If I have a table in my database called \'Users\', there will be a class generated by LINQtoSQL called \'User\' with an already declared empty constructor.

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Answer 1

It doesn't look like you can override the empty constructor. Instead, I would create a method that performs the functionality that you need in the empty constructor and returns the new object.

// Add new partial class to extend functionality
public partial class User {

  // Add additional constructor
  public User(int id) {
    ID = id;
  }

  // Add static method to initialize new object
  public User GetNewUser() {
    // functionality
    User user = new User();
    user.Name = "NewName";
    return user;
  }
}

Then elsewhere in your code, instead of using the default empty constructor, do one of the following:

User user1 = new User(1);
User user2 = User.GetNewUser();