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28 Dec 2016 by Fiyaz Hasan
Learn how dependency injection mechanism has evolved from ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core
13 Oct 2015 by OriginalGriff
When you create a "blank" class, it is given a default constructor by the compiler - one which takes no parameters. It's as if you wrote the class as:public class MyClass { public MyClass() {} }But a default constructor isn't the only one you can have - you can have constructors...
4 Dec 2013 by nv3
I think you are referring to the function:int string1::join (const string1 &a, const string2 &b){ string1 c; c.length = a.length + b.length; delete name; c.name = new char[c.length + 1]; strcpy (c.name, a.name); strcat (c.name, b.name); return c;}which is no copy...
1 Nov 2021 by Pete O'Hanlon
How to use interfaces to set up types so they have certain behaviors
12 Sep 2021 by CPallini
Quote: I'm wondering where is the object of the (*age) member in the copy constructor body? Quote: I've tried to debug and see locals to see what's going behind I see a pointer variable called this is being created when the constructor is called...
28 Oct 2021 by Pete O'Hanlon
More in-depth look at classes, how to add our own constructors and change whether or not code outside our class can see our fields
14 Oct 2022 by CPallini
Quote: A operator+(A &p) { cout
29 Sep 2013 by pasztorpisti
Bug #1:You are allowed to call the constructor of a member variable or base class only from the initializer list of your constructor.Rectangle(int a, int b) : Shape(a, b){}Bug #2:"no matching function for call to Shape::Shape()"If you don't explicitly call the...
5 Dec 2013 by Aescleal
In addition to what nv3 said, whenever you're doing any low level resource management task like this (you're essentially managing a variable sized array of characters) make sure you take exception safety into account.Looking at nv's modifications:void string1::join (const string1 &a,...
9 Dec 2013 by Richard MacCutchan
Since you have inherited from the Calculator class, you have also inherited all its public and protected variables. So, you can access them directly by name, anywhere inside your class. See this tutorial[^] for a fuller description of the rules on i nheritance.
3 Sep 2014 by CPallini
If you want to write a Java program then you must know and use the correct Java syntax.import java.io.*;class Salary{ String name; String company; int salary ; public Salary(String n, String e, int s) { name=n; company=e; salary=s; } public void...
14 Nov 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Are you sure this is a valid answerable question? This is a wrong approach to understanding things.You don't need to look for benefits. Instead, you need to 1) understand what exactly one or another language and platform feature does; 2) analyze what do you need to achieve; 3) based on that...
14 Oct 2015 by lukeer
It creates an instance of class "Class", which is possible due to "Class" not being the keyword "class". It will be defined somewhere else in the code you're looking at. The constructor for Class takes an argument whose type i is compatible to. The Class constructor then does something with i...
22 Feb 2016 by Richard MacCutchan
You need to seed the random generator so it starts at a different value each time. Using the clock time in milliseconds is a useful way of doing it. See Random Constructor (Int32) (System)[^].
3 May 2016 by BillWoodruff
First, read this: [^] and be aware that a non-static Class defined without a constructor has a default constructor created for it. Then, read this: [^].Second, burn into your brain that if you define a constructor with any non-optional parameter i.e., any parameter that does not have its...
24 Nov 2016 by F-ES Sitecore
That's not a constructor, it's just a member variable. The fact that it's private means only code inside the DBCache can access it, so code outside the calss can't access it like this;DBCache.objDBCacheWhat the line is doing is ensuring that the first time the DBCache type is used the...
30 Jul 2019 by OriginalGriff
When you create an object the system always calls the base constructor (if it exists) before any derived constructors, so that the base object is fully constructed and read for use before any add-on code tries to use it. Think of it like this: if the base class was not constructed first, then...
27 May 2022 by CPallini
You don't believe in experimental approach, do you? First fix the code (for instance the C++ keyword is class, instead of Class) and then run it (possibly using the debugger or, at least, introducing statements to produce some meaningful output).
27 May 2022 by Greg Utas
You need to show us your actual code. This won't even compile, because there is no ; at the end of Figure #1, which is an empty class definition for which the compiler will generate all the trivial, default member functions.
1 Oct 2013 by Matt T Heffron
Turn this initialization inside-out: // create testcases while(T > 0) // if this was != what happens if T starts negative? { List bombs = new List(); while (N-- > 0) // if this was != what happens if N starts negative? { bombs.Add(new...
14 Oct 2013 by OriginalGriff
Of course you can! If work needs to be done in the constructor so that data is ready and consistent as soon as an object is constructed, then do it in the constructor.If it doesn't need to be done, then don't - keep your constructor(s) as short as possible!
14 Oct 2013 by PIEBALDconsult
Yes. Do what you need to do.One of the greatest features of OOP is encapsulation, what happens in a particular method (even a constructor) stays in the method and the caller doesn't need to worry about it.If putting an if in the constructor allows you to have one constructor rather than...
12 Mar 2014 by Raul Iloc
1.If you want to use Page.Response.Redirect() you could use query string to send data between pages.2.But you could use Server.Transfer() and in this case you could use Context cache to transfer data between pages like in the next example:this.Context.Items.Add("stepID",...
22 Feb 2016 by OriginalGriff
First off, move the Random instance outside any method, and make it private: class GenData { private Random rand = new Random(); public void GenStats() {That way, it isn't recreated each time you call the method, which can mean repeated values. That's...
10 Mar 2016 by KarstenK
No and you shouldnt do it, because it destroyes the class pattern of encapsulation. If you need to modify a class object it should always made with member functions.I think you must rethink your software design. Learn from this tutorials.
10 Mar 2016 by CPallini
The contructor must be (by definition) a member of the class. However you can put its definition outside of the class (declaration must be inside the class one): // ctor.h header file class A { public: A(); // just ctor declaration };and // ctor.cpp source file #include...
24 Nov 2016 by Midi_Mick
A static constructor is used to initialise static members of an object. It is called the once, and once only, when any static method or property is accessed on the type.However, what you have provided the code there for is not a static constructor. It is a static member that is assigned an...
24 Nov 2016 by CPallini
That's not a private static constructor (AFAIK not existing in C#) but a private static member variable holding an instance of the DBCache class).It could be used, for instance, to implement the Singleton pattern.
24 Oct 2017 by Richard Deeming
You'd need a non-generic base class or interface containing the members of your class which don't rely on the generic type parameter. Public MustInherit Class EventSerializer ' Non-generic members here... Public Shared Function Create(Of TEvent As {New, IEvent})(ByVal evt As...
1 Jul 2018 by «_Superman_»
This is not a copy constructor. This is an assignment operator. Copy constructor signature would be something like LinkedList(const LinkedList& rhs); Remember constructors don't return anything. Quote: is working with references to the variables, why does it need to return anything and where...
2 Jul 2020 by Richard MacCutchan
base keyword - C# Reference | Microsoft Docs[^].
11 Dec 2020 by Rick York
The resulting object is returned by value - this is a move constructor. Move constructors - cppreference.com[^]
9 Jun 2021 by Richard Deeming
The CLR automatically zeros the memory it allocates for variables. This will set all types to their default value - 0 for numbers, false for booleans, null for reference types, etc. For classes and structs, this will set all fields to their...
12 Sep 2021 by BernardIE5317
It seems to me there is no need to utilize a pointer to store age as shown below If you wish to utilize a pointer you should delete it before copying to it in the copy constructor else you will have memory leakage As to your question if I...
12 Sep 2021 by BernardIE5317
Your ultimate intention is not clear Do you merely want working code or are you investigating memory structures created by the compiler As to your example you will have to delete the destination pointer before assigning it a new value else you...
14 Oct 2022 by Utkarsh Singh Rajawat
#include using namespace std; class A { int x; public: A(){ cout
29 Sep 2013 by kumar_11
Here is the code.This code is to understand the concept of virtual function so in the constructor when write like shape(int a=0, int b=0 ) and same for all other constructor of derived classes, working absolutely fine.But when not initializing the members to 0 it's showing error like " no...
14 Oct 2013 by dedo1991
I just have a quick question.Are constructors used only for assigning data to data fields?Could I use if statements in constructor or should it be avoided?I could still use them in the main body of my application I am just not sure what would be better in this situation.Thank...
9 Dec 2013 by Member 10455211
Hello.Im a newbie and i really hope you guys can teach me a thing or two.I just want to access, values of certain variables, from the superclass. But my constructor is giving me issue:public class Calculator extends SwingFrame { SwingFrame testingobj = null; public...
3 Sep 2014 by voronitski.net
Greetings to all CodeProject members ,i am new to Java ,and i would like to ask why my Constructor and show() method doesn²t work ?Where is my mistake ? import java.io.*; class Salarie { String name; String company; int sailary ; } public Sailary(String n,...
3 Sep 2014 by Richard MacCutchan
Largely because you spelled everything differently. You used Salarie for your class, Sailary for the constructor, and sailary when trying to instantiate an object. You also spelled other bits wrong in your show method. A bit more care in typing would go a long way.
15 Sep 2014 by phonemyatt
Hi Folks,I've been finding the right way to parse the following Xml file in my android and I can't make the decision. Please give me some advise. I got the following XML files which is going to display in my android app.
14 Nov 2014 by CPallini
Constructors initialize objects: they put the objects (instances of a classes) in a know state (more at Wikipedia[^]). On the other hand, static methods serve to a very different purpose: they are 'class methods' and don't deal with class instances.
21 Nov 2014 by farhad bat
I write 3 class with template:class Parentclass SWAPclass insertionSort : public SWAP , public Parentwhen I complie code , compiler return this error:Error 1 error C2512: 'Parent' : no appropriate default constructor available Code :// searches-sorts.cpp : Defines the...
29 Jan 2015 by CPallini
Yes, it looks you are on the right track. However, you know, constructors should have the same name of the class.
29 Jan 2015 by nv3
As CPallini said, you are almost on the right track. There are just a couple of small issues that need to be corrected:You declared your internal array as stuff data[];And that doesn't work here. In C++ there is no such thing as a variable size array. Instead, you should use a...
8 May 2015 by Member 11676749
Alright, I'm having hard time figuring our how I can assign default values to the elements of the list (Trees and nodes) so I don't get NullReferenceException.The basic idea of the code is:List contains from Trees, each tree contains 2 nodes, each node contains 2...
8 May 2015 by Maciej Los
I'd suggest to read this: Binary Trees and BSTs[^] and this: Implementing a Binary Tree[^]. The second article is about VB, but it might help you to understand how to achieve that.
8 May 2015 by OriginalGriff
No, you don't. The problem is that you aren't checking that each Branch actually exists: so when you get this far:List[i].Left.the Left Branch is null - so when you try to use it you get an exception. This isn't a fault: a null would be normal to indicate "end of tree".What you need to look...
14 Sep 2015 by Member 11983666
Newbie to asp.net. I am trying to get Course by Id when use click on specific Course the page navigate to another page where its only shows the specific Course by its ID. I have my GetCourse by ID method below. I have also created object. my question is i have no clue how to pass parameter in...
14 Sep 2015 by Wendelius
Not sure if this is the problem but most likely your SQL statement is causing an exception. If you have a look at String GetCommand = "Select ID CourseName, Description, StartDate, EndDate, CourseMode from Course" + "Where ID = @CourseID";In the concatenated string there is no space...
14 Sep 2015 by Naveen.Sanagasetti
Hi,As per your thread you want to know how to pass course parameter to fetch records based on course, right..?If your need is like above, my suggestion is better to bind all the course details in one dropdown control and based up on your dropdown selection you can bind your course...
13 Oct 2015 by Monu Thomas
When going through an article in some website regarding C# object creation, I saw a line that creates an instance using the code new Class(i);Where 'i' is already defined. What does it mean of using a class constructor like above? Is that a possible way or is it wrong ? How this...
22 Feb 2016 by Keith Lewis
I'm new to coding, and just working on a little project to learn.I'm trying to produce multiple different versions of sets of attributes that I'll be inserting into a SQLite database.My current code prints the same numbers each time, ie:721213721213... etc.I guess...
24 Nov 2016 by Gaurav_Chaudhary
Hello all,Just came across a scheduler code having a class with private static constructorinternal class DBCache { private static DBCache objDBCache = new DBCache(); private DataSet dsFieldDetails = new DataSet(); bool isCached = false;......}I am...
6 Mar 2017 by Member 13041778
I am having trouble figuring out the syntax for how i am suppose to Call the member function to copy the values of my array into the appropriate member variables. This is specifically for the overloaded constructor because I think all the other functions are correct but they might not be....
6 Mar 2017 by CPallini
The correct syntax isStudent::Student(int tID, string f, string l, int list[]){ setID(tID); setFName(f); setLName(l); setScores(list);}Assuming Student.h contains something likeclass Student{ int ID; int scores[5]; string firstName, lastName;public: ...
21 Jun 2017 by Member 13271774
The following is a toString( ) method for a GymMembership class. public String toString( ) { return “Member Number: “ + memberNumber + “Member Name: “ + memberName + “ Membership Type: “ + memberShipType; } Write two constructors for the GymMembership class as follows:  A constructor to accept...
21 Jun 2017 by TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
there are basically two ways: public class SomeClass { private int someMember; public SomeClass(int someMember) { this.someMember = someMember; // note the 'this' keyword denoting the constructed class } } or public class SomeClass { private int _someMember; ...
24 Oct 2017 by Duncan Edwards Jones
I have a generic class used to serialise an event to/from a name-value pairs dictionary. It has the following class signature:- Public Class EventSerializer(Of TEvent As {New, IEvent}) It has a factory method that can create it from an instance of the class thus:- Public Function...
28 Oct 2017 by Member 13490611
Hi all, I just started working on a Wordpress website. Now, on every line (both front-end and back-end) my websites gives me the following message: Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Qode_Theme_Options has a deprecated...
28 Oct 2017 by Richard MacCutchan
You have a function with the name qode_Theme_Options, which is the same as the name of your class. The message is just warning you that you will need to change it in the future. The documentation gives full details: PHP: Constructors and Destructors - Manual[^].
20 Mar 2018 by Member Hemal
As per your question I just understand that you have 2 constructors are using. 1) Default Constructor & 2) 4 Parameterized But I can not get what actual your problem is what? Your Output of above coding is : First Name : Rodney Last Name : Duncan Address : 70 Bowman St. South Windsor, CT...
27 Mar 2018 by CPallini
I see a problem in Employee constructor... :-) Replace Quote: public Student() { With public Employee() { And then of course complete the task: provide the constructor accepting all the parameters and the display method of the class Emplyee. Build them incrementally, exploiting the Person...
8 May 2018 by Member 13817351
Problem: It is instructed that take the value from user in setvalue function then what is the use of overloaded constructor in this program? You are required to implement Employee Management System. There will be an employee class having following attributes: Name(String), Father_Name(String),...
8 May 2018 by KarstenK
Write the Employee class in extra files, separated in header (employee.h) and implemention (employee.cpp) files. It is standard in coding to do this. tip: in the default constructor you MUST also set the values to the member. Like that: Employee():name(""), father_name(""), emp_id(0), bps(0),...
8 May 2018 by Member 13817351
can you review my code to tell me what is error in my code.
10 May 2018 by Member 13816159
Hello, this may be a silly question but is there a way to access a function from a class that has a constructor in it without calling it's constructor? Here is an example: What I have tried: class Point { private: int x, y; public: Point() { x = 1; y = 2; } void callthis() { cout...
9 May 2018 by Chris Losinger
if you can't change then class, then no, you can't call a member function without instantiating an object (aka calling the constructor).
9 May 2018 by KarstenK
The first solution that declaring the function as static is correct, but consider that you than have no object instance on that you can perform the function. My experience is, that a static function or such problem is only the symptom of some more hidden issues like isnt belonging into this...
10 May 2018 by CPallini
As suggested you have to make the method static. That's appropriate for class methods, that is methods independent on a class instance. E.g. #include using namespace std; class Point { private: int x, y; public: Point() { x = 1; y = 2; } static Point origin() {...
2 Jul 2018 by Akshit Gupta
I have a doubt in Php class initialization.. Like in Java, an instantiated class calls constructor of parent classes to initialize the parent classes to be able to use their properties, PHP need not require us to call Parent Class constructor in order to be able to use its Properties and...
11 Jun 2018 by Jochen Arndt
Quote: Like in Java, an instantiated class calls constructor of parent classes to initialize the parent classes to be able to use their properties This is not true for PHP when defining a constructor in a derived class: PHP: Constructors and Destructors - Manual[^]: Note: Parent constructors are...
28 Jun 2018 by BerthaDusStuf
In the book I am reading "jumping into C++" there is some stuff I dont understand. Here is the code: class ChessBoard { public: ChessBoard (); string getMove (); ChessPiece getPiece (int x, int y); void makeMove (int from_x, int from_y, int to_x, int to_y); private: PlayerColor _board[ 8 ][ 8...
27 Jun 2018 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
Because a constructor does not work that way in C++, constructors are called once the object is created (or has been created). That means, that the code in the body shall execute after object creation, merely for validation purposes or so. In C++, you can initialize the object that way, so...
27 Jun 2018 by KarstenK
The solution is correct, because he was putting the string into the constructor of the string. If not there would executed the standard constructor, which injects the compiler in the build phase. Imagine it as: ChessBoard::ChessBoard() : _whose_move() { } Hint: all other members of the...
28 Jun 2018 by CPallini
Prior to C++17 the initializer list was the proper way to initialize class members with default values. With C++17 you can provide default initialization directly in the class body. Try, with a modern compiler #include using namespace std; class ChessBoard { public: ChessBoard (){}...
4 Jul 2018 by BerthaDusStuf
I am reading a book and it includes code for an assignment operator and I'm pretty sure it is incorrect but I also think maybe I am just wrong because it is unlikely the book will make a mistake. Here is the code: LinkedList& LinkedList::operator= (const LinkedList& other) { // make sure we...
30 Jun 2018 by KarstenK
In a copy contructor you must create a FULL COPY for the new object. So you must copy all member element in a unique matter for the constructed object. When copying a linked list, you must create a copy each element and put it a new list. you need: Player& operator= (const Player& other); ...
2 Jul 2018 by muhammad sufiyan
11 Dec 2020 by Dev Parzival
#include #include using namespace std; class Complex{ private : int real,imaginary; static int count; public : Complex(int r,int im){ ...
4 Mar 2021 by OriginalGriff
We are more than willing to help those that are stuck: but that doesn't mean that we are here to do it all for you! We can't do all the work, you are either getting paid for this, or it's part of your grades and it wouldn't be at all fair for us...
29 Apr 2021 by Rick York
One problem you have is in both constructors of HotDogStand you increment totalSold and both cases are wrong. The first one should not increment it all since numSold for that instance is zero. The second one that is passed newNnumSold should...
9 Jun 2021 by abel6368
In C#, instance fields in a struct type (can't be initialized at declaration) are either always initialized by the the default parameter-less constructor with the respective default value or by any parameterized constructor explicitly defined by...
9 Jun 2021 by Ralf Meier
I don`t exactly understand your question ... but basicly you as the developer are responsible for initializing a variable - that could be done when you declare it :private string str1 = "default-Value"; private int num1 = 123;
10 Jun 2021 by Dave Kreskowiak
You will use the default "static constructor" only if your class is defined as static. If it's a normal class, like in your example, there is no "static constructor". There is only the default instance constructor unless you define your own...
10 Jun 2021 by Richard MacCutchan
Static Constructors - C# Programming Guide | Microsoft Docs[^]
23 Aug 2021 by OriginalGriff
While we are more than willing to help those that are stuck, that doesn't mean that we are here to do it all for you! We can't do all the work, you are either getting paid for this, or it's part of your grades and it wouldn't be at all fair for...
23 Aug 2021 by CPallini
Java - parameterized constructor with example[^]. Java Encapsulation and Getters and Setters[^].
13 Sep 2021 by walied sharkawy
if I have a copy constructor in which the class is being passed by reference for example Move::Move(const Move& source) { data = new int; *data = *source.data; } where is the class of data attribute that I'm copying source.data within...
12 Sep 2021 by Rick York
I am not sure I fully understand your question but for that code to work there has to be a declaration like this somewhere : class Move { public: Move(const Move& source); int * data; };
12 Sep 2021 by walied sharkawy
I've written a code in which I'm passing class as a parameter in fucntion the copy constructor for the class is written too in the body of the code #include #include using namespace std; class Move { private: int* age;...
12 Feb 2022 by OriginalGriff
It's doing exactly what you told it to: It constructs an instance of B which derives from Aa - so the base class constructor is called first, which prints "a". Then the derived class parameterless constructor is called, which calls the string...
27 May 2022 by Phoenix Liveon
If we declared an Object/Class, such as; ClassOne classOne; with a class definition of;//Figure #1 class ClassOne { } //Figure #2 class ClassOne { ClassOne(int, int); } //Figure #3 class ClassOne { ClassOne(const ClassOne&); } ...
13 Oct 2015 by CPallini
Means: "Create an instance of the class Class, calling the single parameter class Class' constructor with argument value i".See Constructors (C# Programming Guide)[^].
3 Jan 2015 by Fiyaz Hasan
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26 Mar 2018 by wseng
You define Student sl, but you using s1.
24 Dec 2014 by Sandeep Singh Shekhawat
This article introduces use of the Generic Repository Pattern and Dependency Injection in MVC for CRUD Operations.
26 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community
Reflection is one of the very nice features of .net, with Reflection one can take out lotsa information about the type. When I say type that means it
19 May 2016 by CPallini
Quote:base(lectureId,name)Th...