What is default constructor?
The constructor which doesn’t have any parameter is called the default constructor. It initializes the same values for every instance of the class.
The default constructor initializes each numeric field to zero and all string and other objects to null at the time of initialization.
The default constructor is responsible for initializing the object's fields or properties to their default values. The default values depend on the type of the fields or properties. For example, numeric types are initialized to zero, boolean types are initialized to false, reference types are initialized to null, and so on.
Here's an example of a class with a default constructor:
public class MyClass
{
public int MyValue { get; set; }
public string MyText { get; set; }
// Default constructor (generated by the compiler)
public MyClass()
{
// This constructor initializes the object with default values
// MyValue is initialized to 0 (default value of int)
// MyText is initialized to null (default value of string)
}
}
In the above example, the MyClass has a default constructor that is automatically generated by the compiler because no constructor is explicitly defined. This default constructor initializes the object with default values for its fields (MyValue and MyText).
When you create an instance of the MyClass using the default constructor, the object is initialized with the default values:
MyClass obj = new MyClass();
// obj.MyValue is 0
// obj.MyText is null
It's important to note that once you define any constructor explicitly in a class, the default constructor is not automatically generated by the compiler. If you want to have both a default constructor and other constructors with parameters, you need to define the default constructor explicitly alongside other constructors.