Basic Constructor doubt

[Abhi Venu]

class MyClass
{




MyClass(Object ob)
{


System.out.println(" I belong to constructor one with Object as argument");

}


MyClass(byte[] myarray)
{


System.out.println(" I belong to constructor two with byte array as argument");

}

public static void main(String args[])
{

MyClass obj = new MyClass(null);


}

}


On execution Why does the following code always call the constructor which takes byte array as argument?


when that constructor is commented the constructor which takes object array is used..

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

The rule is that the compiler picks the "most specific" of all the overloaded methods that could apply. Since byte[] is a subclass of Object, the constructor that takes a byte[] is more specific, so that one is selected.

If the two choices were both Object subclasses -- say, byte[] and String, instead of byte[] and Object -- the code wouldn't compile, as the call would be ambiguous.

[Abhi Venu]

Thanks for the prompt reply