Returns an array of Progress.Reflect.Constructor instances that match the specified conditions. There is no guaranteed order for the returned constructors. If there are no constructors that match the specified conditions, the method returns an indeterminate array.
Return type: Progress.Reflect.Constructor class EXTENT
Access: PUBLIC
Applies to: Progress.Lang.Class class
Syntax
GetConstructors ( )
GetConstructors ( INPUT flags AS Progress.Reflect.Flags )
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- flags
- A Progress.Reflect.Flags instance indicating the access mode(s) the returned constructors must have. See Progress.Reflect.Flags enumeration for more information.
Caution:
This method does not return static constructors, so setting the Static flag will raise an error. Unlike other reflection methods, GetConstructors() defaults to returning instance constructors, so you do not need to set the Instance flag for this method.
Notes
- You only need to pass the access mode flags, as desired. This method never returns a constructor from a super class of the class it is applied to, and the method only returns instance constructors, so the DeclaredOnly and Instance flags are implied.
- GetConstructors( ) returns a Progress.Reflect.Constructor instance describing the default constructor if no other constructor is defined. GetConstructors(flags) returns the default constructor if no other constructor is defined and it matches the specified flags.
- GetConstructors( ) only returns public constructors. GetConstructors(flags) returns all ABL class constructors based on the flags specified. However, you can only invoke constructors according to the same rules as when reflection is not used. For example, you can only invoke a protected constructor from within the class that defines it, or from a subclass.
- This method does not return .NET class constructors defined as private.
