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Java - Constructors: Syntax

Constructors initialize objects when they are created and have the same name as the class. They can be used to initialize instance variables or perform other startup procedures. All classes have a default constructor but defining your own replaces it. Constructors can be no-argument, initializing variables with fixed values, or parameterized, accepting values to initialize variables.

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Java - Constructors: Syntax

Constructors initialize objects when they are created and have the same name as the class. They can be used to initialize instance variables or perform other startup procedures. All classes have a default constructor but defining your own replaces it. Constructors can be no-argument, initializing variables with fixed values, or parameterized, accepting values to initialize variables.

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A constructor initializes an object when it is created. It has the same name as its
class and is syntactically similar to a method. However, constructors have no
explicit return type.
Typically, you will use a constructor to give initial values to the instance
variables defined by the class, or to perform any other start-up procedures
required to create a fully formed object.
All classes have constructors, whether you define one or not, because Java
automatically provides a default constructor that initializes all member variables
to zero. However, once you define your own constructor, the default constructor
is no longer used.

Syntax
Following is the syntax of a constructor −
class ClassName {
ClassName() {
}
}

Java allows two types of constructors namely −

 No argument Constructors
 Parameterized Constructors

No argument Constructors
As the name specifies the no argument constructors of Java does not accept
any parameters instead, using these constructors the instance variables of a
method will be initialized with fixed values for all objects.

Example
Public class MyClass {
Int num;
MyClass() {
num = 100;
}
}

You would call constructor to initialize objects as follows


public class ConsDemo {
public static void main(String args[]) {
MyClass t1 = new MyClass();
MyClass t2 = new MyClass();
System.out.println(t1.num + " " + t2.num);
}
}

This would produce the following result


100 100

Parameterized Constructors
Most often, you will need a constructor that accepts one or more parameters.
Parameters are added to a constructor in the same way that they are added to a
method, just declare them inside the parentheses after the constructor's name.

Example
Here is a simple example that uses a constructor −
// A simple constructor.
class MyClass {
int x;

// Following is the constructor


MyClass(int i ) {
x = i;
}
}

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