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'''Title of script''': parameterized constructor in java

'''Author: '''Prathamesh''' '''Salunke

'''Keywords: '''video''' '''tutorial,''' '''constructor,''' '''parameterized

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! <center>Visual Cue</center>
! <center>Narration</center>

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Slide 1

Opening slide
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''parameterized''' '''constructor''' in''' java'''.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Slide 2

Learning Objectives
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| In this tutorial we will learn

- About a '''parametrized''' '''constructor'''

- To create a '''parameterized''' '''constructor'''

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System Requirements
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* Ubuntu version 11.10
* Java Development Environment jdk 1.6
* Eclipse 3.7

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Prerequisites
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| To follow this tutorial you must know

how to create a default '''constructor''' in '''java''' using '''eclipse'''.

If not, for relevant tutorials please visit our website which is as shown,

('''http'''://'''www.spoken'''-'''tutorial.org''')

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'''Parameterized''' '''Constructor'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| A '''constructor''' that have parameter is called a '''parameterized''' '''constructor'''.

It can have one or more than one parameter.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Switch to eclipse

Point to the file.
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Let us now create a '''parameterized constructor.'''

So in the eclipse, I have the''' Student.java '''file.

We created this file in the previous tutorial.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Point to the '''constructor'''

Replace''' 10 by 0'''

Replace '''“Raman” by null'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Inside the '''constructor''' we will give the variables their default value.

So '''''roll_number '''is''' '''equal''' '''to''' zero''''' instead of '''''ten'''''.

And '''''name''' is equal to '''null''''' instead of '''''Raman'''''.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Type: '''

'''System.out.println(“I am default constructor”);'''

Point to the constructor.
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Then type '''''System '''dot''' out '''dot''' println I am default constructor.'''''

So we have created a '''constructor''' with no parameters.

In java, such constructor is also called '''default''' '''constructor'''.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Student(int the_roll_number)'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Now we will create another '''constructor'''.

So type '''''Student''' parentheses.''

Inside ''parenthesis'' '''''int the_roll_number '''''comima''''' String the_name.'''''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Highlight '''Student'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Here what we have done is declared a '''constructor''' with parameters.

The name of the '''constructor''' '''Student''' that is the class name.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Highlight''' (the_roll_number, String the_name)'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Inside paranthesis we have given two parameters to the '''constructor'''.

We can give any number of parameters.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Type:'''

'''System.out.println(“I am a parameterized constructor”);'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Now inside curly brackets type

'''''System '''dot''' out '''dot''' println I am a parameterized constructor '''''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Type:'''

'''roll_number=the_roll_number;'''

'''name=the_name;'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Then '''''roll_number''' is equal to '''the_roll_number'''.''

And'' '''name''' is equal to '''the_name'''.''

So we have created a '''parameterized''' '''constructor'''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Highlight the parameters
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Information that we want to pass to the '''constructor''' is received by these variables.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Save''' and '''Run'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Save''' and '''Run''' the program

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Point to the '''output'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| We see the '''output''' on the console.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Highlight '''output'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| The '''default''' '''constructor''' is called first.

It initializes the variables to their default value.

Then the '''parameterizerd''' '''constructor''' is called.

It initializes the variables to the values that are passed as the argument.

That is 11 and Raju.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Hightlight arguments
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Let us see how the '''parametrized''' '''constructor''' works.

When we call the '''parameterized''' '''constructor''', we pass two variables to it.

These are called arguments.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Highlight the parameters
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| '''''11''''' is copied into the parameter '''''the_roll_number'''''.

'''''Raju''''' is copied into the parameter '''''the_name'''''.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Highlight

'''roll_number=the_roll_number;'''

'''name=the_name;'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| The value of '''''the_roll_number''''' is assigned to '''''roll_number'''''.

And the value of '''''the_name''''' is assigned to '''''name'''''.

Hence we see the''''' ''output'' 11 '''''and''''' Raju.'''''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Delete “'''Raju'''”
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Let us see the common errors, when we call a '''parameterised''' '''constructor.'''

Suppose we pass a single argument to the '''constructor'''.

So remove '''''Raju'''''.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Point to the error
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| We see an error. It states that '''“The constructor Student(int) is undefined.”'''

So the number of arguments must match the number of parameters.

Here we can retype '''''Raju''''' to resolve the error.

Alternatively, we can define another '''constructor''' with a single parameter.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Student(int r_no)'''

'''{'''

'''System.out.println(“I am a constructor with a single parameter”);'''

'''roll_number=r_no;'''

'''}'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Let us create another constructor.

Type''''' Student '''within''' '''paranthesis''' int r number.'''''

Inside''''' '''curly''' '''brackets,''' System '''dot''' out '''dot''' println'''''

I am a '''constructor''' with a single parameter.

Then '''''roll_number''''' ''is equalto''' r number'''''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Save''' the file
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Save''' the file.

We see the error is resolved as we define the '''constructor'''.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Run'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Run''' the program.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Point to the '''output'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| On the console we see the roll number is assigned the value '''''11.'''''

While name is '''''null''''' since the '''constructor''' takes only one argument.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Student stu3=new Student(11,”Raju”);'''

'''stu3.studentDetail();'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Let us now call back our constructor with two parameters.

So type''''' Student stu3 '''is''' '''equal''' '''to''' new Student.'''''

''Within''' '''paranthesis''' 11 '''comma''' Raju.'''''

'''''Stu3 '''dot''' studentDetails'''''

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Student(“11”,”Raju”);'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Suppose here we pass '''''11''''' as '''String,''' so add ''double'' ''quotes.''

We get an error.

It states that '''“The constructor Student String String is undefined.”'''

So even the datatype of the argument must match with that of parameter.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Remove '''“”.'''

'''Save''' the file.
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| Remove the ''quotes'' and '''Save''' the file.

Now we do not see an error.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Run''' the program
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| '''Run''' the program.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Point to the '''output'''
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| We see three '''constructors.'''

The '''default''' '''constructor.'''

'''Constructor''' with one parameter.

'''Constructor''' with two parameters.

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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0.097cm;"| Slide: '''Why''' '''constructor'''?
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| The variables in a class must be initialized each time an instance is created.

It can be tedious to initialize all the variables.

Java allows objects to initialize themselves when they are created.

This is performed through the use of a '''constructor'''.

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Summary
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| So in this tutorial, we have learnt

To create '''parameterized''' '''constructor.'''

Functionality of '''parameterized''' '''constructor.'''

The advantage of using '''constructor.'''

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Assignment
| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| For self assessment, create a class '''Employee'''.

Create '''constructors''' with different number of parameters.

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Acknowledgment
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| style="border-top:none;border-bottom:0.035cm solid #000000;border-left:0.035cm solid #000000;border-right:0.035cm solid #000000;padding:0.097cm;"| We have come to the end of this tutorial.

Thanks for joining.

This is Prathamesh Salunke signing off.

Jai Hind.

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