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Message:

Suggested way designing constructor calls.

Posted by Jason Price on 01 May 1998, 5:15 PM

How about this

public class CoffeeCup {

public final static MIN_INNER_COFFEE = 0;

// defs of sizes...
private int innerCoffee;
private int size;

public CoffeeCup() {
this(SHORT);
}

public CoffeeCup(int size) {
this(size, MIN_INNER_COFFEE);
}

public CoffeeCup(int size, int startingAmount) {
size = SHORT;
innerCoffee = startingAmount;
}

This way, you only need to refer to the minimum innerCoffee value once instead of twice.

• Extra Invocations, Extra Eye Hops Bill Venners 07 May 1998, 5:40 PM (0)