Calling the base constructor in C#

Question

If I inherit from a base class and want to pass something from the constructor of the inherited class to the constructor of the base class, how do I do that?

For exa

Answer 1

From Framework Design Guidelines and FxCop rules.:

1. Custom Exception should have a name that ends with Exception

    class MyException : Exception

2. Exception should be public

    public class MyException : Exception

3. CA1032: Exception should implements standard constructors.

• A public parameterless constructor.
• A public constructor with one string argument.
• A public constructor with one string and Exception (as it can wrap another Exception).

• A serialization constructor protected if the type is not sealed and private if the type is sealed. Based on MSDN:

  [Serializable()]
  public class MyException : Exception
  {
    public MyException()
    {
       // Add any type-specific logic, and supply the default message.
    }
  
    public MyException(string message): base(message) 
    {
       // Add any type-specific logic.
    }
    public MyException(string message, Exception innerException): 
       base (message, innerException)
    {
       // Add any type-specific logic for inner exceptions.
    }
    protected MyException(SerializationInfo info, 
       StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
    {
       // Implement type-specific serialization constructor logic.
    }
  }  
  

or

    [Serializable()]
    public sealed class MyException : Exception
    {
      public MyException()
      {
         // Add any type-specific logic, and supply the default message.
      }

      public MyException(string message): base(message) 
      {
         // Add any type-specific logic.
      }
      public MyException(string message, Exception innerException): 
         base (message, innerException)
      {
         // Add any type-specific logic for inner exceptions.
      }
      private MyException(SerializationInfo info, 
         StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
      {
         // Implement type-specific serialization constructor logic.
      }
    }