Invoking constructor of derived class execute before constructor of base class

Question

Well, originally I had a couple of constants (like MAX_SPEED) with different values in every of the derived classes. The idea was to use those values in some methods of the

Answer 1

No, you can't do that. Base classes are always initialized first. However, you can do something like this:

class BaseClass
{
    public BaseClass()
    {
        this.Initialize();
    }

    protected virtual void Initialize()
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine("This should be shown after");
    }
}

class DerivedClass : BaseClass
{
    public DerivedClass() : base()
    {
    }

    protected override void Initialize()
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine("This should be shown first");
        base.Initialize();
    }
}