Updated: July 2009
The following example shows how to initialize a new StudentName type by using object initializers.
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
// Declare a StudentName by using the constructor that has two parameters.
StudentName student1 = new StudentName("Craig", "Playstead");
// Make the same declaration by using a collection initializer and sending
// arguments for the first and last names.
StudentName student2 = new StudentName
{
FirstName = "Craig",
LastName = "Playstead",
};
// Declare a StudentName by using a collection initializer and sending
// an argument for only the ID property. No corresponding constructor is
// defined in the class.
StudentName student3 = new StudentName
{
ID = 183
};
// Declare a StudentName by using a collection initializer and sending
// arguments for all three properties. No corresponding constructor is
// defined in the class.
StudentName student4 = new StudentName
{
FirstName = "Craig",
LastName = "Playstead",
ID = 116
};
System.Console.WriteLine(student1.ToString());
System.Console.WriteLine(student2.ToString());
System.Console.WriteLine(student3.ToString());
System.Console.WriteLine(student4.ToString());
}
// Output:
// Craig 0
// Craig 0
// 183
// Craig 116
}
public class StudentName
{
// Default constructor has no parameters.
public StudentName() { }
// The following constructor has parameters for two of the three properties.
public StudentName(string first, string last)
{
FirstName = first;
LastName = last;
}
// Properties.
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public int ID { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return FirstName + " " + ID;
}
}
The following example shows how to initialize a collection of StudentName types by using a collection initializer. Note that a collection initializer is a series of comma-separated object initializers.
List<StudentName> students = new List<StudentName>()
{
new StudentName {FirstName="Craig", LastName="Playstead", ID=116},
new StudentName {FirstName="Shu", LastName="Ito", ID=112},
new StudentName {FirstName="Gretchen", LastName="Rivas", ID=113},
new StudentName {FirstName="Rajesh", LastName="Rotti", ID=114}
};
To run this code, copy and paste the class into a Visual C# console application project that has been created in Visual Studio. By default, this project targets version 3.5 of the .NET Framework, and it has a reference to System.Core.dll and a using directive for System.Linq. If one or more of these requirements are missing from the project, you can add them manually. For more information, see How to: Create a LINQ Project.
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Reference
Date | History | Reason |
|---|
July 2009
| Expanded the examples. |
Customer feedback.
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