C# How to execute code after object construction (postconstruction)

Question

As you can see in the code below, the DoStuff() method is getting called before the Init() one during the construction of a Child object.

I\'m in a situation where I

Answer 1

Correction: As per this answer, you can't determine when the base class's constructor is invoked during construction of the subclass.

E.g. This doesn't work:

public Child()
// DoStuff is called here after Init
// because of the overridden default constructor
{
    Init();
    base();
} 

So, yes, as others have noted, if sequence of events matters, then the base class needs to be able to accommodate that by declaring abstract methods in order, or (better yet) by having the child class's implementation of DoStuff represent the sequence of events:

protected override void DoStuff()
{
    Init();
    base.DoStuff();
}