another question on constructors

[Rajani Sudhakar]

Question: You can only call public and protected constructors of the
super class in a subclass if the subclass is not in the
same package because only those are inherited.




Correct Answer : false


Can anyone explain me why the above statement is false...

Thanks in advance..

regards..
rajani.,

(changed title so that people know which is which)
[ May 14, 2004: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]

[Barry Gaunt]

Question: You can only call public and protected constructors of the
super class in a subclass if the subclass is not in the
same package because only those are inherited.

For the above to be true, there must be another condition on the superclass: it must be public to be visible to the subclass. So IMHO, in the general case, the above answer of "false" is correct.
[ May 15, 2004: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]

[Ana Abrantes]

Constructors are not inherited.

[Rajani Sudhakar]

I got the point....
Constructors are not inherited..

Thanks for ur reply..

regards..
rajani.

[Barry Gaunt]

You have forgotten constructors wirh default (package) access.
[ May 15, 2004: Message edited by: Barry Gaunt ]