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Because all objects extend the Object class implicitly

Posted by Jody Brown on June 21, 2001 at 1:26 PM

> Why in a class that doesn�t extentds an other you put iin the constructor the method "super"?

All objects ultimately are derived from subclasses of the Object class. The call to super() in a class that doesnt explicitly extend another class is making a call to the default constructor in the Object class.

• reply Pavan Kumar Keely June 27, 2001 at 9:34 AM (0)