How do you overload constructors in java?

Answer 1

Overloading a constructor means typing in multiple versions of the constructor, each having a different argument list, like the following examples:

class Car {

Car() { }

Car(String s) { }

}

The preceding Car class has two overloaded constructors, one that takes a string, and one with no arguments. Because there's no code in the no-arg version, it's actually identical to the default constructor the compiler supplies, but remember-since there's already a constructor in this class (the one that takes a string), the compiler won't supply a default constructor. If you want a no-arg constructor to overload the with-args version you already have, you're going to have to type it yourself, just as in the Car example.

Overloading a constructor is typically used to provide alternate ways for clients to instantiate objects of your class. For example, if a client knows the Car name, they can pass that to a Car constructor that takes a string. But if they don't know the name, the client can call the no-arg constructor and that constructor can supply a default name