Contructor vs. method

[BradIngram]

What is the difference between a constructor and a method?

 

[cacaman]

Well Brad, I don't know if you're being serious or not.

But in case you are, a constructor is actually a specific kind of method that is automatically invoked when an object is created. It usually contains any initialization code that the object needs. There is a lot more to it, but that's the basic gist (sp?).

ed

 

[BradIngram]

Well i was being serious i just phrased it very ignorantly...
I'm just an aspiring programmer right now and going to university to learn.
I should have taken a few seconds to phrase exactly what i wanted to know..

Here i go: Is there any other specific purpose of a constructor besides the initilization code of the created object?

 

[supermole]

no.

 

[Targol]

As Supermole as said, constructor has no other purpose than initializing the object. I should add that you can define as many constructors as you want as soon as they have differents parameters I explain :

toto = new myClass();

will call

public myClass()

constructor while

toto = new myClass("firstParm");

will call

public myClass(String parm)

constructor. So many constructors can be usefull to instanciate your class many ways. Water is not bad as long as it stays out human body ;-)