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Hi,

Thanks for the response.  I guess I don't understand what the constructor
for the class TestPrivate2 has anything to do with me trying to create a
TestPrivate1a object.

Ohhh...now I think I understand.  The error is not related to my trying to
create a TestPrivate1a object is it?  It is an error related to the compiler
creating a default constructor for the subclass, which by convention calls a
no argument constructor for the parent class, which does not exist and is
not supplied by the compiler because I have defined a constructor for the
parent class.  Is that it?  I would still get the error if I tried to create
an object from a totally unrelated class too, wouldn't I?


"Torsten Welches" <torsten.welches@who.cares.netcologne.de> wrote in message
news:3ae28b34_2@dnews...
> the error is due to the fact that the compiler add a default constructor
if
> (and only if) you haven't defined any constructors yourself. TestPrivate2
> has no constructor, so the compiler does his job and adds the following
code
> (behind the curtain)
>
> public TestPrivate2 {
>     super();
> }
>
> Recall that the very first statement of *every* constructor (except
> Object's) is always a call to a parent constructor (or an overloaded
> constructor) - if you don't do it yourself, the compiler assumes
"super();"
> for you.
>
> You now can easily see why the compiler is complaining, TestPrivate1a has
no
> matching constructor for (no args).
> You would either need to add a no-args constructor to TestPrivate1a or
write
> TestPrivate2 default constructor so that it properly calls TestPrivate1a's
> sole constructor, e.g.
>
> public TestPrivate2 {
>     super(0);
> }
>
> Torsten
>
> hi schrieb in Nachricht <3ae27b56$1_1@dnews>...
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am using some simple classes to test the different access specifiers,
but
> >I am getting the following error when I try to compile a subclass:
> >
> >TestPrivate2.java:1: cannot resolve symbol
> >symbol  : constructor TestPrivate1a  ()
> >location: class TestPrivate1a
> >public class TestPrivate2 extends TestPrivate1a
> >            ^
> >1 error
> >
> >
> >Here are my classes:
> >
> >public class TestPrivate1a
> >{
> > protected int iAmPro;
> > public TestPrivate1a(int x)
> > {
> >  iAmPro = x;
> > }
> >}
> >
> >public class TestPrivate2 extends TestPrivate1a
> >{
> > public static void main(String[] args)
> > {
> >  TestPrivate1a   aTestPrivate1a = new TestPrivate1a(10);
> >  System.out.println(aTestPrivate1a.iAmPro);
> > }
> >}
> >
> >
>
>