Why throwing exception in constructor results in a null reference? For example, if we run the codes below the value of teacher is null, while st.teacher is not (a Teacher object is created). Why?
using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main( string[] args )
{
Test();
}
private static void Test()
{
Teacher teacher = null;
Student st = new Student();
try
{
teacher = new Teacher( "", st );
}
catch ( Exception e )
{
Console.WriteLine( e.Message );
}
Console.WriteLine( ( teacher == null ) ); // output True
Console.WriteLine( ( st.teacher == null ) ); // output False
}
}
class Teacher
{
public string name;
public Teacher( string name, Student student )
{
student.teacher = this;
if ( name.Length < 5 )
throw new ArgumentException( "Name must be at least 5 characters long." );
}
}
class Student
{
public Teacher teacher;
}
}
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