Constructor Statement doubt

[jas preet]

Only static variables and methods can be accessed as part of the call to super()
or this(). (Example: super(Animal.NAME) is OK, because NAME is
declared as a static variable.)
I could not get what exactly the statement wants to say. Can any one please elaborate on this.If you can provide me links so that i go on read more on this and get better understanding.

[swaraj gupta]

jas preet wrote:Only static variables and methods can be accessed as part of the call to super()
or this(). (Example: super(Animal.NAME) is OK, because NAME is
declared as a static variable.)
I could not get what exactly the statement wants to say. Can any one please elaborate on this.If you can provide me links so that i go on read more on this and get better understanding.

Hello jaspreet,

1> static variables are initialized with default values as soon as class is loaded.
2> static methods get loaded with class as well.
3> static methods can access static members of the class only.

From this you can conclude before you instantiate a class both static variables and methods are available. And this is reason why compiler allows you to access them from a constructor call.

[jas preet]

Thanks i got the path. Now i can get more on this. I'll read more on this. Your reply was really helpful

[Mohamed Sanaulla]

jas preet wrote:Only static variables and methods can be accessed as part of the call to super()
or this(). (Example: super(Animal.NAME) is OK, because NAME is
declared as a static variable.)
I could not get what exactly the statement wants to say. Can any one please elaborate on this.If you can provide me links so that i go on read more on this and get better understanding.

Please dont use such big text size.

[jas preet]

OKAY I will Not use it from now onwards