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Constructors and Methods

The document explains the differences between constructors and methods in Java, highlighting their purposes, naming conventions, return types, invocation methods, inheritance, and existence. Constructors initialize objects and have the same name as the class without a return type, while methods define object behavior, can have any valid name, and must have a return type. Additionally, constructors are not inherited, whereas methods can be inherited and overridden.

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Constructors and Methods

The document explains the differences between constructors and methods in Java, highlighting their purposes, naming conventions, return types, invocation methods, inheritance, and existence. Constructors initialize objects and have the same name as the class without a return type, while methods define object behavior, can have any valid name, and must have a return type. Additionally, constructors are not inherited, whereas methods can be inherited and overridden.

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In Java, both constructors and methods are blocks of code defined within a class, but they serve distinct

purposes and have different characteristics:


Constructors:
 Purpose: Constructors are special methods used to initialize objects when they are created. Their primary
role is to set the initial state (values of instance variables) of a newly created object.
 Name: A constructor's name must be exactly the same as the class name.
 Return Type: Constructors do not have a return type, not even void.
 Invocation: They are implicitly invoked by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) when an object is created
using the new keyword.
 Inheritance: Constructors are not inherited by subclasses. A subclass must define its own constructors.
 Existence: A class can have multiple constructors (overloading) with different parameter lists. If no
constructor is explicitly defined, the Java compiler provides a default no-argument constructor.

Methods:
 Purpose:
Methods define the behavior or functionality of an object. They perform specific tasks or operations on
an object's data.
 Name:
Method names can be any valid identifier, and they do not have to match the class name.
 Return Type:
Methods must have a return type (which can be void if no value is returned).
 Invocation:
They are explicitly invoked by calling them on an object or class (for static methods).
 Inheritance:
Methods can be inherited by subclasses and can also be overridden.
 Existence:
A class can have multiple methods with the same name (overloading) as long as their parameter lists
differ. Methods are optional; a class may or may not have any methods.

class Geek {
// static int num;
// static String name;
int num;
String name;

// This would be invoked while an object of that class created.


Geek()
{
num=10;
name="xyz";
System.out.println("Constructer called : "+", Num value : "+num+", Name Value : "+name);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// new Geek();
System.out.println("Geek Class is executed ");

// Works if num and Name are declared as Static


// System.out.println("In main() method : "+", Num value : "+num+", Name Value : "+name);
}
}

class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// this would invoke default constructor.
Geek geek1 = new Geek();

// Default constructor provides the default


// values to the object like 0, null
System.out.println("Called Name from GFG Class : "+geek1.name);
System.out.println("Called Num from GFG Class : "+geek1.num);
}
}

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