Calling constructor in c# for a second time

Question

Is it possible to call a constructor for a second time, like this:

public ClassName()
{
    Value = 10;
}

public void Reset()
{
    // Reset
    ClassName();
}

Or is this the only way:

public ClassName()
{
    Reset();
}

public void Reset()
{
    // Reset
    Value = 10;
}

Answer 1

It is possible to call constructor many times by using Reflection because constructor is a kind of special method, so you can call it as a method.

public void Reset()
{
    this.GetType().GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes).Invoke(this, new object[] { });
}

HENCE: this is not how you should do it. If you want to reset object to some default settings, just make some helper, private method for it, called from constructor also:

public ClassName()
{
    Defaults();
}

public void Reset()
{
    Defaults();
}

private void Defaults()
{
    Value = 10;
}