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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Modeling and Presenting Data Updating the Controller

Posted by matthewgaikema
matthewgaikema
6,059 Points

Do controllers usually have constructors, even if they are simple and have no models?

In the video, he added a constructor to the ComicBookController class, but before he added the constructor it still worked. Is it only necessary to add a constructor to a controller when you have private variables?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Classes get default constructors even if you don't write one.

The default constructor takes no parameters, and does nothing except call the also parameterless constructor of the base class. It's equivalent to:

public YourClassName(): base() {}

But you need to add your own constructor if you want something special to happen whenever a new class instance is created.