Calling a Constructor from a Constructor
In this lesson, we look at how one constructor can call another constructor and why you would want to do so.
We'll cover the following...
The class Name
As we know, a class can define several constructors. Such constructors have different parameters but perform similar initializations of the class’s data fields. For example, the class Name has two constructors and begins as follows:
public class Name
{
private String first; // First name
private String last; // Last name
public Name()
{
first = ""; // Empty string
last = "";
} // End default constructor
public Name(String firstName, String lastName)
{
first = firstName;
last = lastName;
} // End constructor
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Although these ...