aditimohan

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• Mar 15th, 2008

 

We can acheive that by declaring the default constructor as private.

jas_vineet

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• Mar 17th, 2008

 

Can you explain a bit more on this with example ?

trcdutt

 Profile Answers by trcdutt 

• Apr 17th, 2008

 

public class Test {

  private Test() {
    // private constructor
    }
}

santoshbwn

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• May 6th, 2008

 

Eg inbuilt class: Math
The above class has a private constructor

interviewprep9

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• Jun 15th, 2008

 

If you have a private constructor in your class, you can still instatiate the class in that particular class. You cannnot however instantiate it in any other class.

er.mukesh_208

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• Aug 3rd, 2008

 

We can do this by putting  an abstract method in that class.
This is because if their is any abstract method in the class then that class must be declared abstract.

yatitandon

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• Aug 3rd, 2008

 

Making the constructor as private is the right answer.

aleemkh

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• Aug 4th, 2008

 

yes by making the constructor of a class private we can achieve this.
Since the private modifier is accessible withing the class, when a class outside this class tries to instantiate this class it gives error as the class cannot be instantiated.

sriragv

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• Jun 21st, 2009

 

1. By creating a private constructor
2. By giving abstract key word to the class

Sarje

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• Aug 18th, 2009

 

Only abstract classes can not be instantiated. If you make the constructor private then you can not instantiate it outside of the class but you can still instantiate it within the same class.