Doubts on the constructors

[Naveen KumarBS]

hai iam Naveen Kumar write now iam taking suncertification scjp1.5

i have a doubt in the constuctors as we know that constructors donot have return type but i have used return type in constructor and it is still compiling it is not giving error, can anybody please tell me whether it is using default constuctor because its giving the value as '0' for both x and y but it should give compilation error when i run this program

here is the program and i have complied it in jdk1.5 version


public class testconstructor{

int x,y;

void testconstructor(){

x=10;
y=20;
}

void printme(){

System.out.println("x value "+x+"y value"+y);
}

public static void main(String ar[]){

testconstructor con1=new testconstructor();

con1.printme();
}
}

[Peter Heide]

Hi Naveen,

your class name is testconstructor.

A constructor must have the same name and no return type, e.g.:

    
testconstructor(){x=10;y=20;}

You wrote a method that had the same name as the class, but no constructor. It is no constructur because it has a return type, even when the return type is void. This was legal, but the method was not called as you constructed an object of the class:

    
void testconstructor(){x=10;y=20;}

So x and y are still 0.

Hope it helps,
Peter

[Burkhard Hassel]

Yes, some of the exam question are fooling us with methods that in the first place are looking like a constructor but aren't.
So set it in bold type: constructors don't have a return type.


Something else, "Naveen KumarBS":

There aren't many rules to follow on the ranch, but one is about the use of propper display names.

Your name does not follow this rule. The main reasons why and a link how to change yours you'll find here:
http://www.javaranch.com/name.jsp

So, could you please change your user name before your next posting?
It will not affect anything you've already posted here. Just your user name will update.


I'm writing this because I am one of the moderators of this forum.


Yours,
Bu.

[pradeep singh]

ya, it is a method in this program having the same name as of class & it is not invoked in the program so does not set the value.That is why printme method shows default value of instance variables.