Virtual member call in a constructor

Question

I\'m getting a warning from ReSharper about a call to a virtual member from my objects constructor.

Why would this be something not to do?

Answer 1

Reasons of the warning are already described, but how would you fix the warning? You have to seal either class or virtual member.

  class B
  {
    protected virtual void Foo() { }
  }

  class A : B
  {
    public A()
    {
      Foo(); // warning here
    }
  }

You can seal class A:

  sealed class A : B
  {
    public A()
    {
      Foo(); // no warning
    }
  }

Or you can seal method Foo:

  class A : B
  {
    public A()
    {
      Foo(); // no warning
    }

    protected sealed override void Foo()
    {
      base.Foo();
    }
  }