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Consider two classes A and B:

 
 public class A{
    public A(){
       // lots of constructor activity.
    }
 }

 public class B extends A{
    public B(){}
 }

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Does the constructor for A get called when a B is constructed?
Or do I need to add the following line to get A constructed?

 public B{
    super();
 }

Answer

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1. If a java class has no explicit constructor it is assumed to have an "implicit" empty public no-arg constructor:

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   title java MyClass.java
   public MyClass(){}

2. If a constructor does not explicitly call either the super constructor or another of its own constructors (using this(args)) it is assumed to have an "implicit" call to super() as the first line of the constructor. Note also that this() or super() can only be called as the first line of a constructor.

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