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C#

Posted by Muaath Alaraj
Muaath Alaraj
879 Points

Why does the constructor in the class not contain a void function? Or any data type for that matter?

namespace Treehouse.CodeChallenges
{
    class TooBigException: System.Exception{
            TooBigException(string message): base(message){}
        }

}

For example, in this case, the function does not have a data type. I understand that it is not returning something and that the base class constructor is returning an Exception Object but shouldn't this be a void?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

Constructors are special in this way. As described on the MDN documentation page for constructors:

Its method signature includes only the method name and its parameter list; it does not include a return type.

Muaath Alaraj
Muaath Alaraj
879 Points

Makes sense because a constructor is defined by the class it is in. Thanks for the help!