Constructor
Constructor in Java
02 Features of constructor
01 What is a constructor ?
When is constructor called ? 04 Types of constructor
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05 Overloaded constructor 06 Copy constructor
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What is a constructor ?
• A constructor in Java is special method ,It is called when an instance of the
class is created.
• Constructor used to create object by assign values to the global variables
at the time of object creation.
• It calls a default constructor if there is no constructor available in the class
In such case, Java compiler provides a default constructor by default.
• It is called constructor because it constructs the values at the time of
object creation.
02
Features of constructor
• Constructor name must be the same as its class
name.
• A Constructor must have no return type.
• A Java constructor cannot be abstract, static, final.
• Constructor can be overloaded but can not be
overriden.
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When is constructor called ?
• At the time of calling constructor, memory for the object is allocated
in the memory.
• Every time an object is created using the new() keyword, at least one constructor
is called.
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Types of constructors
In Java, constructors can be divided into 3 types:
• Default Constructor.
• Parameterized Constructor.
• No-Arg Constructor.
Default constructor
• If we do not create any constructor, the Java compiler automatically create a constructor during
the execution of the program. This constructor is called default constructor.The default constructor
initializes any uninitialized instance variables with default values.
- boolean -> false
- byte -> 0
- short -> 0
- int -> 0
- double -> 0.0d
- float -> 0.0f
- object -> null
Parameterized constructor
• A Java constructor can also accept one or more parameters. Such constructors are known as
parameterized constructors (constructor with parameters).
No argument constructor
• Similar to methods, a Java constructor may or may not have any parameters (arguments).
• If a constructor does not accept any parameters, it is known as a no-argument constructor.
• No argument constructor is the same as default constructor but you can write any code in body.
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Overloaded constructor
• Similar to Java method overloading, we can also create two or more constructors
with different parameters. This is called constructors overloading.
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Copy constructor
• A copy constructor in a Java class is a constructor that creates an object using another object
of the same Java class.
Instance flow control :
1. Inheritance.
2. Block.
3. Initial global variables.
4. Code inside it.
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