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Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition
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Java How to Program, Early Objects, 11th Edition

by Paul J. Deitel, Harvey Deitel
June 2017
Beginner
1296 pages
69h 23m
English
Pearson
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8.6 Default and No-Argument Constructors

Every class must have at least one constructor. If you do not provide any in a class’s declaration, the compiler creates a default constructor that takes no arguments when it’s invoked. The default constructor initializes the instance variables to the initial values specified in their declarations or to their default values (zero for primitive numeric types, false for boolean values and null for references).

Recall that if your class declares constructors, the compiler will not create a default constructor. In this case, you must declare a no-argument constructor if default initialization is required. Like a default constructor, a no-argument constructor is invoked with empty parentheses. The Time2 no-argument ...

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