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question on object creating

 
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Hello there, i've been reading K&B and among other questions i have this one:

K&B

You may see the words "construct", "create", and "instantiate" used
interchangeably. They all mean, “An object is built on the heap.” This also implies that
the object’s constructor runs, as a result of the construct/create/instantiate code. You can
say with certainty, for example, that any code that uses the keyword new, will (if it runs
successfully) cause the class constructor and all superclass constructors to run.



Ok, so given that i have classes A, B extends A, C extends B, if i say there will be three objects created on the heap (since constructors for A and B will also be called), not just the C object. Is that right?
 
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Miltos Deligiannis wrote:Ok, so given that i have classes A, B extends A, C extends B, if i say there will be three objects created on the heap (since constructors for A and B will also be called), not just the C object. Is that right?



No. You only call the new operator once. Only one object is created.

On the other hand, the C instance (which IS-A B, and IS-A A) may contain other objects -- which are also instantiated as part of the instantiation of the C object.

Henry
 
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Ok, thanks. So, based on that, constructor calls (through inheritance) does not reflect the number of objects on the heap...
 
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