Property initialization before constructor execution

Question

I am using an object initializer to create an object with a Position property like this:

var control = new HtmlTextbox(browser)
{
    Position = position;
};

As I know it's the same as:

var control = new HtmlTextbox(browser);
control.Position = position;

But I want to use initializated Position property in my constructor method. Is there any way to do it without providing the Position as an argument for constructor?

Answer 1

What you want to achieve is not possible.

It seems to me you want to make some parameters to the constructor optional. You may want to look into this pattern:

//Your constructor
public HtmlTextbox(TextboxConfiguration config)
{
    //config.Position
}

//A Transfer class
public class TextboxConfiguration
{
    public T Browser { get; set; }
    public T Position { get; set; }
}

//Your code
var config = new TextboxConfiguration
{
    Browser = browser;
    Position = position;
}
var textbox = new HtmlTextbox(config);