small question about 'this'

[GPB]

Basically I want to be able to call the StuffToDo class in two ways:

StuffToDo(int x, string s);

StuffToDo(string s); // should determine x on its own and then do whatever the first constructor does

I want to do this by having two constructors:

public class StuffToDo {
 
    public StuffToDo (int x, String str) {
        blabla; // whatever needs to be done
    }

    public StuffToDo (String str) {
        blabla; // figure out x
        [COLOR="Red"]this.StuffToDo(x, str);[/COLOR]
    }

But, my problem is that I can't do that because the line marked red gives an error: "cannot find symbol: method StuffToDo(int,java.lang.String)"

So I've tried:

this(x, str);

, but it gives me an error as well: "call to this must be the first statement in a constructor".
But that would mean that I can't determine x before I call the first constructor.

So finally I tried setting the first constructor to be a public void type, which allows me to use

this.StuffToDo(x, str);

, but that way I won't be able to call the class using

StuffToDo(int x, string s);

any more.

[GPB]

I think that by using

this.StuffToDo(x, str);

the program is looking for a method in the class StuffToDo, and not considering the (first) constructor. Is that correct?

But if I use the other method, I won't be able to determine the x beforehand, because the line needs to be the first statement.

Is there maybe another way to do this? (without having to copy everything from the first constructor)

[Fubarable]

Could you have both constructors share a common method?

public class StuffToDo {
 
    public StuffToDo (int x, String str) {
        init(x, str);
    }

    public StuffToDo (String str) {
        blabla; // figure out x
        init(x, str);
    }

    private void init(int x, String str) {
        //....
    }

[GPB]

Yeah, that would work, thanks mate!