superclass no-arg constructor... mock question

[Radha Kamesh]

Hi friends,

i dont understand why this code compiles properly?

class A
{
public A() {} // A1
public A(String s) { this(); System.out.println("A :"+s); } // A2
}
class B extends A
{
public int B(String s) { System.out.println("B :"+s); return 0; } // B1
}
public class C extends B
{
private C(){ super(); } // C1
public C(String s){ this(); System.out.println("C :"+s); } // C2
public C(int i){} // C3

public static void main(String[] args) {
C c = new C();
}
}


Since there is no no-arg constuctor in B ( we need to type it in because we have defined ome other constructor) , wont calling the super() from line C1 cause a compiler error?? what am i missing here?

[Anonymous]

Hi Radha,

I guess, you must have got confused with the name of the method in B. If you see, there is no construtor defined in class B and hence compiler provides a default constructor. In fact at the very first glance even I thought like you and even executed it keep a println statement in no arg construtor A . This is one of the serious traps in SCJP exam, which we should be care enough.

[Mohammad Hossain]

public int B(String s)

This is not a constructor. This is a method, having the same name as constructor. Because constructors have no return types.

[Radha Kamesh]

yes... how careless of me...

Thanks friends...