Parameterised constructors accept arguments while non parameterised constructors do not.
Example :
class A {
A(){ // non parameterised
...
}
A(int b){ // parameterised
...
}
}
Parametrized constructors are used to increase the flexibility of a class, allowing objects to be instantiated and initialised in more ways than is provided by the default and copy constructors alone. If you define any parametrized constructor, including a copy constructor, you will lose the default constructor generated by the compiler and must declare your own if you need one. The default constructor can also be parametrized, but each parameter must include a default value in the declaration, so that it can be called without any parameters.
C++ permits us to achieve this objects bt passing argument to the constructor function when the object are created . The constructor that can take arguments are called parametrized constructors Example:- class abc { int m,n; public: abc(int x,int y); //paramererise constructor ................ ................. }; abc::abc(int x,int y) { m=x;n=y; }
When we are initializing our object with different internal state then we can use the constructor overloading.
yes,because in constructor overloading constructor have same and different parameter list. In method overloading method have same name and different parameter list.
Yes, you can have more than one constructor with a different set of parameters.
Constructor overloading, just like any function's overloading, is where more than one configuration of parameters exists for the function. Based on the number and type of the parameters, different versions of the function can be resolved by the linker. This is typically used in the constructor as the default constructor (no parameters), the copy constructor (one reference parameter of the same type as the class), and the conversion constructor (any other combination of parameters).
A constructor is a class method which initialises an object of the class at the point of instantiation. Specifically, it initialises the base classes (if any) and the non-static data members (if any). Constructors also play a central role in the resource acquisition is initialisation (RAII) paradigm. Objects which have a natural default value have a default constructor. The default constructor is a constructor that has no arguments or where all arguments have default values. Objects which can be copied have a copy constructor. The copy constructor has just one non-default argument, a const l-value reference of the same type as the class. Objects which can be moved have a move constructor. The move constructor has just one non-default argument, a modifiable r-value reference of the same type as the class. All other constructors that have only one argument of a type other than the class itself are known as conversion constructors. Constructors can also have more than one argument. No specific name is given to these constructors. Other than physical memory constraints, there is no limit to the number of constructors that may be defined for a class.
Every class, including abstract classes, MUST have a constructor. The different types are: a. Regular constructors b. Overloaded constructors and c. Private constructors
It got initialized as you instructed.
If you don't type a constructor into your class code, a default constructor will be automatically generated by the compiler. The default constructor is ALWAYS a no-arg constructor. (Obviously the compiler has no clue what all arguments you might want for your class. So it takes the safe way out with a no argument constructor) A no-arg constructor is not necessarily the default (i.e., compiler-supplied) constructor, although the default constructor is always a no-arg constructor. The default constructor is the one the compiler provides! While the default constructor is always a no-arg constructor, you're free to put in your own no-arg constructor.
An empty constructor takes no arguments and calls the default constructor
First line in any constructor has to be either super() or this() not both. If any constructor does not contain either of super() and this(), compiler adds super(). When any constructor is called before excuting the code of the constructor, if it founds this(), it will call another constructor else it will call super() which is the call for the constructor of super class, now again from the super class constructor it will call the super class constructor if available. This is continued until it reaches the top of the class hierarchy. ---- Basically, a constructor is a block of code that gets executed each time a particular instance of a class is created. So, say you've designed a class for working with a database of some sort. When you create an instance of that class, copies of all the variables and functions of that class get attached to the instance-object, and if one of the functions is a constructor function, it will be run as soon as the instance-object is created. This lets you automatically set up conditions for the instance (i.e. establishing connections to different databases or reading data from different tables, or etc.). Depending on the language you're using, classes may or may not automatically call the constructor function of a parent or super class (if such exists, and if you do not provide a constructor for the class in question).