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Hello people
I heard that constructor doesnot return anything.But I tried the following code. I cant understand the real thing about constructor.Help me.


/*
This code compiles without any problems
*/

class sample {

public int sample()
{

return 5;
}


public static void main(String a[])
{

}

}
 
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In java specification,

Contructor not have return type, name like class name, can define public/private/default.

In your code.




public int sample() is method for this class ,not constructor.
 
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is a method and not a constructor.

It is valid to have a method name same as the Constructor name. This should be avoided so as not to create confusion.
 
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While a constructor must have the same name as the class, it also CANNOT have a return type. as soon as you put that 'int' into the line ' public int sample()', you no longer had a constructor, but a method.

as others have pointed out, it's a bad choice for a method name, but it is a legal one.
 
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Originally posted by fred rosenberger:

as others have pointed out, it's a bad choice for a method name, but it is a legal one.



As an aside, the eclipse compiler can be configured to flag this as a warning or even error. I think that's a good idea...
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