Problem while compiling

[shiva thadakamadla]

The following code compiles fine.
class ThisTest {
final int ijjj;
ThisTest(){
this( 5 ); }
ThisTest( int x ){
this();
System.out.println( "this( int )" );
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ThisTest tt = new ThisTest();
}
}
But when i remove the 2 constructors it is giving the following error:
variable ijjj might not have been initialized
class ThisTest {
^
I have n't understood

[Roger Chung-Wee]

A blank final field like ijjj needs to have a value assigned by one of these means:
1. In every constructor.
2. In an instance initializer.

[chi Lin]

when I tries it, I got one error mesg !
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ThisTest.java:8: recursive constructor invocation
ThisTest( int x ){
^
1 error
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Originally posted by shiva thadakamadla:
The following code compiles fine.

[Jeff Bosch]

Hi, Shiva -
I'm surprised you're not overflowing your stack, because your two constructors are calling each other. (One should call super(), but you can't have a call to super() and a call to this() in the same constructor.) Some compilers will permit this -- though it won't run properly -- while others will generate a compile error.
Also, your constructor needs to initialize the final variable ijjj or your code won't compile.
Regards,
Jeff
[ August 25, 2003: Message edited by: Jeff Bosch ]

[Tyler Ryan]

A final variable has to be initialized either at the class level or in the constructor.