This is probably a simple OOP question, I’m kind of new in Java, so I was wondering why objects do not have an init method, and if objects don’t then where is it used and why?
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This is probably a simple OOP question, I’m kind of new in Java, so I was wondering why objects do not have an init method, and if objects don’t then where is it used and why?
In Java you have constructors to initialize the instance. It wouldn’t be a bad pattern to introduce your own init-like method for an existing instance – post-construction – if you’re creating a framework though, as there are safer ways to access members post-construction rather than during construction.