Since we know the super constructor always has to be invoked, we just have to count how many times Character or Homer was instantiated. Now we know the output will be 3.

Constructors are one of the most important constructs in the Java programming language. The ability to overload constructors in Java makes your APIs easier to use and easier to maintain in the long ...

I wrote about the NetBeans hint "Overridable Method Call in Constructor" in the blog post Seven Indispensable NetBeans Java Hints . In this post, I look at why having an overridable method called ...