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Constructor in Anonymous inner class

 
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as an anonymous inner class is actually a subclass of the superclass whose method it is overriding,and also it is instantiated,then why cant it have a Constructor of its own??


 
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because anonumous classes are anonymous,then how would they have constructors and superclass constructors cant be overridden.

 
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You wrote the answer yourself. Anonymous inner class is Anonymous so it can't have a constructor. As far as anonymous inner class constructor goes, it does have a constructor. But you cannot define it on your own. However you can intermediate in the anonymous inner class instantiation using initializer blocks...
 
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yes i wrote the answer myself after i realised it
but i got another point from your post
thank Ankit
 
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