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The document discusses constructors in Java. Constructors are called when objects are created and are used to initialize values. There are default, parameterized, and no-argument constructors. Constructors can be overloaded but not overridden. Memory is allocated for an object when a constructor is called.

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Constructor

The document discusses constructors in Java. Constructors are called when objects are created and are used to initialize values. There are default, parameterized, and no-argument constructors. Constructors can be overloaded but not overridden. Memory is allocated for an object when a constructor is called.

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Constructor

Constructor in Java
02 Features of constructor
01 What is a constructor ?

When is constructor called ? 04 Types of constructor


03

05 Overloaded constructor 06 Copy constructor


01
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.
03
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.
04
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.
05
Overloaded constructor
• Similar to Java method overloading, we can also create two or more constructors

with different parameters. This is called constructors overloading.


06
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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