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Foil 61 Constructors of Objects

From CPS616 Lectures on Java CPS616 Basic Information Track for Computational Science -- Winter-Spring Semester 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

Methods of identical name to class are special -- they are constructors
mPoint() { /* Default Constructor */
  • x=0;
  • y=0;
}
We can overload method to define different versions with different numbers and types of arguments
mPoint(int x, int y) { /* Constructor to set Specific Initial values */
  • this.x = x;
  • this.y = y;
}
Note this refers to current object
mPoint can have other methods to set its instance variables such as:
public void setDelta(int _dx, int _dy) {
  • dx = _dx;
  • dy = _dy;
} /* where we don't need this as used _dx, _dy */



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