Defining Constructors

The default constructor

The definition of any constructor begins with the access modifier public, the name of the class—which is the name of the constructor—and a pair of parentheses. Nothing appears between these parentheses for a default constructor. For example, the definition of the default constructor for the class Greeter is

/** Creates a default Greeter object. */
public Greeter()
{
   greeting = "Hello, world!";
} // End default constructor

Let’s recall how we used the class Greeter in the first lesson of this chapter: