Hi there,

 

This is just an example from the processing package folder, which I'm sure everyone is familiar with.  I've studied the stack flow and came up with a few questions:

 

1.) In the subclass Ring, where is the constructor? What looks like a constructor is void start() method (in bold)  Shouldn't a constructor hold the very class name? (In this case, Ring() { )

 

2.) The above said results in the sudden call on method start() in the superclass EggRing's constructor, instead of setting a new startup object there. (In red)

 

Please enlighten me, thank you.

 

///////////////////////The code/////////////////////////////////

 

EggRing er1, er2;

void setup() {
  size(200, 200);
  smooth();
  er1 = new EggRing(66, 132, 0.1, 66);
  er2 = new EggRing(132, 180, 0.05, 132);
}

void draw() {
  background(0);
  er1.transmit();
  er2.transmit();
}

 

// Superclass EggRing

 

class EggRing {
  Egg ovoid;
  Ring circle = new Ring();

 

  EggRing(int x, int y, float t, float sp) {
    ovoid = new Egg(x, y, t, sp);
    circle.start(x, y - sp/2);
  }

  void transmit() {
    ovoid.wobble();
    ovoid.display();
    circle.grow();
    circle.display();
    if (circle.on == false) {
      circle.on = true;
    }
  }
}

 

// Subclass Egg

 

lass Egg {
  float x, y; // X-coordinate, y-coordinate
  float tilt; // Left and right angle offset
  float angle; // Used to define the tilt
  float scalar; // Height of the egg

  // Constructor
  Egg(int xpos, int ypos, float t, float s) {
    x = xpos;
    y = ypos;
    tilt = t;
    scalar = s / 100.0;
  }

  void wobble() {
    tilt = cos(angle) / 8;
    angle += 0.1;
  }

  void display() {
    noStroke();
    fill(255);
    pushMatrix();
    translate(x, y);
    rotate(tilt);
    scale(scalar);
    beginShape();
    vertex(0, -100);
    bezierVertex(25, -100, 40, -65, 40, -40);
    bezierVertex(40, -15, 25, 0, 0, 0);
    bezierVertex(-25, 0, -40, -15, -40, -40);
    bezierVertex(-40, -65, -25, -100, 0, -100);
    endShape();
    popMatrix();
  }
}

 

// Subclass Ring

 

class Ring {
  float x, y; // X-coordinate, y-coordinate
  float diameter; // Diameter of the ring
  boolean on = false; // Turns the display on and off

  void start(float xpos, float ypos) {
    x = xpos;
    y = ypos;
    on = true;
    diameter = 1;
  }
  void grow() {
    if (on == true) {
      diameter += 0.5;
      if (diameter > width*2) {
        diameter = 0.0;
      }
    }
  }
  void display() {
    if (on == true) {
      noFill();
      strokeWeight(4);
      stroke(155, 153);
      ellipse(x, y, diameter, diameter);
    }
  }
}