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Lecture 4C Classes and Objects

The document discusses constructors in Java, explaining their purpose for initializing new objects immediately upon creation. It details the syntax, characteristics, and the use of the 'this' keyword to differentiate between instance variables and parameters with the same name. The lecture is presented by Prof. Anita Agrawal at BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa campus.

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Lecture 4C Classes and Objects

The document discusses constructors in Java, explaining their purpose for initializing new objects immediately upon creation. It details the syntax, characteristics, and the use of the 'this' keyword to differentiate between instance variables and parameters with the same name. The lecture is presented by Prof. Anita Agrawal at BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa campus.

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Classes & Objects

27-01-25

Lecture 4C
Prof. Anita Agrawal
BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa campus
CONSTRUCTOR
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• Used for initializing new objects.
• Initializes an object immediately upon
creation
• The code creating the instance will have
a fully initialized usable object
immediately

Constructor 3
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• Has the same name as the class in which it
resides

• Has optional parameter list

• Has no return type, not even void.

Constructor contd…. 4
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Syntax:

class_name variable_name = new class_name();


Dog dog1= new Dog();

• Parentheses after the class name calls the


constructor

• If no constructor is defined for a class, java


creates a default constructor
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class rect
{
int rlength, rbreadth;
rect() //this is a constructor
{
rlength=10;
rbreadth=20;
}
}
Constructor Example 6
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this keyword 7
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• this keyword in Java is a reference
variable that refers to the current object of
a method or a constructor.

• During code execution when an object calls


the method or constructor ‘Maruti ‘, the
keyword 'this' is replaced by the object
handler "obj.“
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•
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this.no_of_airbags= no_of_airbags;

obj.no_of_airbags = no_of_airbags;

Instance variables local variables

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• this. Mileage will be now replaced with
obj. mileage and similarly for the other
one.

• The main purpose of using this keyword in


Java is to remove the confusion between
class attributes and parameters that have
same names.

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Next……static and access specifiers 11
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