About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v7.2.1337 :

[ArpRokz]

I understood this in the following way..

When we call print() from within class A's constructor it is like calling this.print(). Here "this" refers to the currently calling object. Since the actual object used was of class B therefore class B's print() is called. Now since class B's constructor requires a call to class A constructor first so i=4 is not executed till now therefore 0 is printed.

Is this explanation correct or am I wrong ?

[elias86]

Why is printed 0 instead of A???

When I call the B constructor (which is a default constructor because it's not declared) java calls the super-constructor (A constructor) so it calls print method (of the B class). This method calls print() method that prints i. So if i == 4 why it prints 0?

[admin]

Please go through the discussion above.

[crazymind]

Hi, I read your explanation of this question; However, there is one thing still confuse me. According to order of initialization, the instance variable initializes before the constructor call. So before calls A(), 'i' is initialized to 4 already. Why is it 0? thanks

[admin]

Please go through the discussion above.