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st33d God Member Offline Posts: 666

Constructor question Jan 15th, 2007, 1:08pm   I've got a blank constructor for an object. It's out of TomC's code really. Since I haven't had any formal training in Java, I was wondering what it actually does and whether I've broken it: Code: Node{ float x,y,z; ArrayList links = new ArrayList(); public Node(){ this(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f); } } I'm guessing it just sets x,y,z to 0.0f. Am I right? Does it not get confused if there are other properties in there?

fry YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 2623 mass, usa	Re: Constructor question Reply #1 - Jan 15th, 2007, 3:53pm   that makes this: Node n = new Node(); equivalent to: Node n = new Node(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f); so its actual function depends on what happens in the Node(x, y, z) version of the constructor.

st33d God Member Offline Posts: 666	Re: Constructor question Reply #2 - Jan 15th, 2007, 4:23pm   Yeah, that makes things pretty clear. I've already got an (x, y, z) constructor so that works out pretty good for me. Thanks.