Mock Exam

[beginner]

Could someone explain this for me? Thanks in advance.
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
public class Sample extends Applet{
private String text = "Hello World";
public void init () {
add(new Label(text));
}
public Sample(String string) {
text = string;
}
}
The HTML page:
< html>
< title>SampleApplet< /title>
< body>
< applet code ="Sample.class" width=200 height=100>< /applet>
< /body>
< /html>

Answer is "Generates a running error"
[This message has been edited by Jim Yingst (edited July 28, 2000).]

[William Brogden]

The convention with browsers as containers of applets is:
The browser creates the applet object by calling the no-args constructor. When you provide a constructor with an argument, the compiler will NOT automatically generate a no-args constructor.
Therefore the browser attempt to create a Sample object fails.
Bill

[beginner]

Thanks Bill but after I remove the Sample constructor I still
got run time error. Can you run the piece of code and see what's happen? thanks,