No. Static elements belong to the class, and the constructor belongs to the object (which is an instance of a class).
Static Constructor - It is a special type of constructor, introduced with C#. It gets called before the creation of the first object of a class(probably at the time of loading an assembly). See example below. Example: public class SomeClass() { static SomeClass() { //Static members may be accessed from here //Code for Initialization } }
It got initialized as you instructed.
A static constructor is used to do anything you need done before any static methods are called such as static variable initialization. In Java (as in C#) when a static constructor is called is non-deterministic but will always be called before a static method on the same class.
Because of the following reasons:static - If a constructor is static, an object instance cannot invoke it to initialize itself (Because static members are not linked to an object)abstract - because an abstract class cannot be instantiated and hence it will not have a constructor. If you make a concrete class's constructor abstract - it cannot be instantiated. eitherways it makes no sensefinal - a constructor cannot be final (thats the way java is designed)
The non static constructors in C# are the ones participate in object creation, while static constructors are for loading class definitions. The latter one does not create object instance of the class being loaded Below are the example of both: public class Dummy { // static constructor, no modifier to the method static Dummy() { Console.Write("loading class Dummy"); } // the default non static constructor, in conjunction with new operator public Dummy() { Console.Write("creating an instance of Dummy"); } }
No. not directly. The static constructor is called by .net framework, not by your code. I always treat static constructor is the class initializer (not the instance one). The initialization routine is only called when the class definition being loaded. When the derived class is loaded, since this class derived from the base, it makes to go up the chain (of the hierarchy) to call those static constuctors. So, when a derived class is loaded, the static constructors of the hierarchy is called up. (any one of them had been loaded, the calling sequence stops). You cannot call those static constructor directly, nor you can skip "not to execute" them.
default constructor is used only when the programmer does not use a constructor to initialize objects. Once the programmer defines a constructor then the default constructor is no longer used
You only need a constructor if the default constructor will not suffice. Often times, it is useful to have a constructor that takes common parameters so that you do not have to write additional code. For example, a Point class might have a constructor for Point(int x, int y), which would be a shortcut for assigning x and y independently. Other classes may not need any default values assigned, and for this, it is acceptable to just use the default constructor. Finally, some classes are virtual, static, or abstract, and so may not need a constructor because the constructor is unnecessary (static), or may be defined elsewhere (virtual, abstract).
Constructor is used to do something (written in constructor) immediately after object creation.
Constructor is necessary when you are about to use instance of a class.
A static block is a code block defined with the 'static' keyword and is not inside others blocks. The static block is executed when the class is first loaded and the main purpose is perform all the initialization that may not be appropriate inside a constructor.
Class Ram { static {} //static block to execute something before main method Ram() //constructor {} {} //init block public static void main(String ss[]) { } other methods }