C# class constructor assigning to 'this'

Question

I have a \'naïve\' question.

With the following sample code:

public class ThisClass
{
    public int ThisClassID { get; set; }
    public string ThisValu         


        

Answer 1

Is there any way of creating a simple constructor that returns database entities into this?

In practice no. In theory you can make the type a struct. Then, the code should compile. You can assign to this in a struct.

Probably, you should not use a constructor at all. Create a factory method that simply returns the result from Find.

One unchangeable fact about constructors is that they create a fresh object every time. I don't think you want that here. You probably want to preserve the existing object instance and its identity.