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James .D.Johnstone
Greenhorn
Joined: Dec 08, 2004
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I wonder if someone could help me master the concept of using the constructors and methods within a class . ie when a constuctor should be used and when a method should be used within a class
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thankyou for your input in advance
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marc weber
Sheriff
Joined: Aug 31, 2004
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Basically, constructers perform tasks necessary to instantite (create an instance of) an object. In other words, constructors -- which are tecnhically neither methods nor members -- get an object ready to do whatever it's supposed to do.
You may want to read Bruce Eckel's "Initialization and Cleanup" chapter from Thinking in Java...
http://www.faqs.org/docs/think_java/TIJ306.htm
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James .D.Johnstone
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Thanks Marc that has cleared the cobwebs out of the old stetson !
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