Inheritance Question

[Hinder]

When I'm inheriting a class, how do I inherit the base classes New() method as well? Example:

Public Class CList
  Inherits ArrayList

End Class

When I create a new instance of an ArrayList, I get the option to add the capacity to the array list as so..

Dim al As New ArrayList(10)

But when I create an instance of my class that inherits the arraylist, I don't get the option to intialize the capacity

Dim cl As New CList(???)

I figured it would automatically inherit the New() method , Is there a keyword to use the base class initialization code when initializing a child class?

[Asgorath]

Hi

You always to add the constructors

public sub new ()
end sub
public sug new(byval size as integer) 
end sub

And if your class uses unmanaged resourses its a good idea to implement the IDisposable interface.

Regards
Jorge

[Edneeis]

Sorry but constructors are not inheritable.

You can do Asgorath suggestions and to take it a step further you can call the base class's constructor to do the work.

Public Sub New(ByVal size As Integer)
     MyBase.New(size)
End Sub