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Constructors play a key role in all object-oriented programming languages, and Java is no exception. Every class a Java developer creates needs a constructor. Constructors perform numerous important ...

i'm relatively new in Java programming and i have a few questions about contructors. i learned that the only thing they do is initialize all the variables. however, some of the examples that my ...

I wrote about the NetBeans hint “Overridable Method Call in Constructor” in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints. In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called from ...

A Constructor is a special method that is used to initialize a newly created object and is called just after the memory is allocated for the object. It can be used to initialize the objects ,to ...

I think that most experienced Java developers are aware of many of the many characteristics of the Java String that make it a little different than other objects. One particular nuance of the Java ...

The most significant addition to the Java language since Sun Microsystems rewrote the collections API for Java 5 is the introduction of Java records. Java records address two significant pain points ...

OpenJDK 23 has been released on a six-monthly cycle. Like its predecessor, the release brings twelve Java Enhancement Proposals (JEP), most of which are in the preview phase. However, string templates ...