this(Color.Red) ?

[K Srinivasan]

Hi,
Can someone explain me this code from HFJ , chapter on constructors.

class  Mini  extends  Car  pg 277
{
    Color  color ; 
    public Mini ()    
      { 
	this (Color. Red) ; 
      }
    public  Mini (Color  c)
      {
        super("Mini");   
	color  =  c;
      }
}

what does 'this (Color. Red) ;' do ?
specifically what is Color.Red ??

[Rob Spoor]

Color.red and Color.RED are static final fields of class java.awt.Color. Apparently this Color.Red is something similar.

As for "this(...)", it calls another constructor.

[eric totte]

By default, the car is red. The default constructor calls the overloaded constructor.

[K Srinivasan]

thanks :)
is

this (Color. Red) ; 

calling

public  Mini (Color  c) 

[Rob Spoor]

It is indeed.