Shawn Wildermuth wrote: > 1. Specify in my base class that a constructor style is required (like > marking it abstract, but C# doesn't support this of course) > .or. > 2. Create objects of the Type of my base class and at runtime, up-cast > them to the new type.
As ugly as it sounds, I would say that you should use a parameter-less constructor and then mandate an Init function, and use two-step creation. This at least will be legal in all languages, even if it is a tad on the less-desirable side. Brad -- Read my web log at http://www.quality.nu/dotnetguy/ You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
