Order of EXECUTION followed by JVM!

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class Main {

    static String throwMeThat(String myString) {
        System.out.println(myString);
        return myString;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Third();
    }
}

class First {

    String var1inFirst = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var1inFirst**");
    String var2inFirst = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var2inFirst**");

    public First() {
        Main.throwMeThat("**I am the constructor in class First**");
    }
}

class Second extends First {

    String var1inSecond = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var1inSecond**");
    String var2inSecond;

    public Second() {
        Main.throwMeThat("**I am the constructor in class Second**");
    }
}

class Third extends Second {

    String var1inThird;
    {
        var1inThird = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var1inThird**");
    }
    String var2inThird;
    String var3inThird = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var3inThird**");

    public Third() {
        Main.throwMeThat("**I am the constructor in class Third**");
        var2inThird = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var2inThird**");
        var2inSecond = Main.throwMeThat("**I am var2inSecond**");
    }
}

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I didn't understoOD the order of execution followed by JVM!! :confused:Can any explain to me. Thanx in advance.

I mean when "new Third()" statement is executed.. I always assumed that the constructor Third() is called. But here assumptions are contradicted.. Plz help..

What about the order don't you understand?
What do you get as an output, and what did you expect as an output?

Actually I read in the Sun tutorials that when you call the constructor of the subclass the no-arguement constructor of the superclass is called automatically...

Now accordingly the output I expected was::
**I am var1inThird**
**I am var3inThird**
**I am the constructor in class First**
**I am the constructor in class Second**
**I am the constructor in class Third**
**I am var2inThird**
**I am var2inSecond**

all I want to know is that "when a subclass's constructor is called where the control of execution is transferred??"

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where the control of execution is transferred

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Do the print outs from the constructors show that?

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Originally Posted by _ShivamKapoOr_

I mean when "new Third()" statement is executed.. I always assumed that the constructor Third() is called. But here assumptions are contradicted.. Plz help..

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No, when a ctor is called, first a superclass ctor is called (either explicitly or implicitly), next the intializers are called and only then the body of the ctor is executed.

kind regards,

Jos