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Java Hibernate Basics Getting Started with Hibernate Adding a POJO with JPA Annotations

Adrian Grabowski
Adrian Grabowski
2,622 Points
Posted by Adrian Grabowski
Adrian Grabowski
2,622 Points

Default constructor?

As far as I know the default constructor is the one added by the compiler if we don't write any. So if we write our own zero-args constructor it should not be called a "default constructor" in my opinion.

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Aleksander Henriksen
Aleksander Henriksen
3,059 Points
Aleksander Henriksen
Aleksander Henriksen
3,059 Points

True the default constructor is a constructor the compiler maked, and it takes no arguments, therefore is it a no-arg constructor, but there is a differnce between the default and no-arg constructor.

When you are makeing a constructor that takes some sort of arguments, are you going to delete the default constructor, but the no-arg constructor that you made you self are going to stay till you delete yourself.