Method which isn't a constructor should have a return type

[Remko Strating]

com.enthuware.ets.scjp.v5.2.550

   
package p;
private class TC extends java.util.Hashtable
{
public TC()
{
super(100);
System.out.println("TC created");
}
}
public class TestClass extends TC
{
public TC()
{
System.out.println("TestClass created");
}
public static void main(String[] args){ new TestClass(); };
}

Enthuware is stating that this code would not compile because a top level class shouldn't be private.

I would say this code would not compile because TC in class TestClass is no constructor and should have a return type.
[ June 12, 2007: Message edited by: Remko Strating ]

[Alex Burda]

Looks like you're correct:
TestClass.java:12: invalid method declaration; return type required
public TC()
^

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Remko Strating:
...Enthuware is stating that this code would not compile because a top level class shouldn't be private.

I would say this code would not compile because TC in class TestClass is no constructor and should have a return type...

I would say both are true, and easily verified.

[Louis Moloney]

you are right it doesn' t compile because of the incorrect method/constructor.

when you correct that it wont compile because a top level class cannot be private (can only be public or default).

i know this because i ran it, like Marc say this is easily verified by trying it out.
[ June 12, 2007: Message edited by: Louis Moloney ]

[saurabhs mittals]

saurabh mittal

[saurabhs mittals]

hi sir,
enthuware is true according to concept of method overriding but he is wrong bcoz method overriding is not apply on constructors.Reason is that constructor have no return type so we cant say constructor like a method and entuware wrongly used constructor as normal method.
any class can have default or public access modifier so private cant use here.

[sundar sankar]

Hi,
constructor are not inherited by the child class,hence overridding does't come in picture.
bye
sankar

[Akbar Khan]

If at first the top class itself is private < wrong thing>..why will the compiler go and check other details inside theclass & methods ?

So what Enthuware is right.