Multiple Constructors

[Joel Cochran]

Can I have a constructor that calls another constructor...
Program 1:
User currentUser = new User();
Program 2 (User):

public class User
{
    public User()
    {
        SignIn signInBox = new SignIn();
        this = new User( signInBox.getUser() , signInBox.getPassword() );
    }
    public User( String name , String password )
    {
        userName = name ;
        userPassword = password ;
        // do more stuff
    }
// etc...
}

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Joel
[This message has been edited by Joel Cochran (edited December 05, 2001).]

[Cindy Glass]

Absolutely, however there is one rule. The call must be made on the first line of the constructor. No where else. Also the syntax is a bit different than you used.

<font size=2.5>
    SignIn signInBox = new SignIn();        
    public User()    {        
       this( signInBox.getUser() , signInBox.getPassword() );    
    }

Of course if you call another constructor on the first line that prevents you from calling a specific super() constructor on that line - so make your design carefully.

[Mathew Kuruvilla]

How come the code comes out differently in IE and Netscape. The first posting's code comes out too small in IE. The second comes posting's code comes out bigger in IE, but the same size as the first posting for IE. :-)

[Cindy Glass]

The first post was using the [ code][ /code] (without the spaces) tags and picks up the default font size.
The second post was using:
[ CODE]< font size=2.5>
< /font>[ /code]
(without the spaces)
and forces a font size.
You can also use< font size=+1>
etc.