Again, how do I require a parameterless ctor? This isn't legal is C#:
class Foo
{
abstract Foo();
}
That is essentially what I want. Unfortunatley, ctor's are not part of
the interface of a class so I cannot require that inherited classes
create ctors in a particular way.
Thanks,
Shawn Wildermuth
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>
> 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
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