Java is an object-oriented programming language. To create objects and meaningfully initialize them, a developer must use a Java constructor. Constructors are a critical part of software development ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The entry point of a standalone Java application is the main method or function. In the age of ...

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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 ...