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Message:

then why use constructors

Posted by saddysan on June 12, 2001 at 1:17 PM

Sir,
what you are saying could be right but my question was that as a programmer why should we use init() rather than default constructor. is there any difference or are they one and the same thing.
saddy

> > Hello friends,
> > I am having a small doubt, why we need init() method to initialize applets & servlets although we can do the same through constructors.

> > thanx
> > saddy
> I am not a java guru but here's my opinion.
> init() like start() and stop() are standardized methods to help browser know how to initialize, start and stop a applet. This way ease the browser life.