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From: Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: calling own methods from constructor
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:02:28 +0200
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On 08/04/2011 11:30, Andreas Leitgeb allegedly wrote:
> Daniele Futtorovic<da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>  wrote:
>> On 08/04/2011 01:51, Daniele Futtorovic allegedly wrote:
>>> class BaseClass implements [...] {
>
> In principle this is the same kind of example as Tom's.

No. In Tom's example, the subclass provided functionality to the
superclass. In my example, the subclass adds to what the superclass does.

I also presented that example to illustrate how implementing the
Externalizable contract can impact the issue. Because Externalizable
mandates a no-arg c'tor, some mechanisms one might have used in similar
cases cannot be used there.

-- 
DF.
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