Loosen Constructor super()/this() call restrictions

[Howard Lovatt]

I don't get the example. Is class B meant to be Bar? Can you clarify?

-- Howard. 

On 23/03/2009, at 8:56 PM, Marek Kozieł <develop4lasu at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/3/23 Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt at iee.org>:
>> A few notes:
>>
>> 3. You shouldn't be able to access super fields or any instance
>> methods before super.
>>
>>  -- Howard.
>>
>>
>
> Can you ensure that ?
>
>
>
>   class A {
>      private Bar   bar;
>
>      public A(Bar bar) {
>         setBar(bar);
>      }
>
>      protected void setBar(Bar bar) {
>         this.bar = bar;
>      }
>   }
>
>   class B extends A {
>      private Bar   bar;
>      private Foo   foo;
>
>      public B(Bar bar, Foo foo) {
>         super(bar);
>         this.foo = foo;
>      }
>
>      protected void setBar(Bar bar) {
>         this.bar = bar;
>         this.foo = bar.foo;
>      }
>   }
>
> Will code have same effect when constructor will be :
>      public B(Bar bar, Foo foo) {
>         this.foo = foo;
>         super(bar);
>      }
>
>
> -- 
> Pozdrowionka. / Regards.
> Lasu aka Marek Kozieł
>
> http://lasu2string.blogspot.com/
>
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