Overloaded constructors in C#

Yes, you can as this simple example demonstrates:

using System;

class Parent

{

public Parent()

{

Console.WriteLine("Calling Parent's parameterless constructor");

}

public Parent(string message)

{

Console.WriteLine(message);

}

class Child : Parent

{

public Child(): base("Calling Parent's constructor which takes a string")

{

Console.WriteLine("Calling Child's parameterless constructor");

}

public Child(string message) : base()

{

Console.WriteLine(message);

}

class Test

{

static void Main()

{

Child c1 = new Child();

Console.WriteLine();

Child c2 = new Child("Calling Child's constructor which takes a string");

Console.ReadKey();

}