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Fahman Khan
3,798 PointsArrays
Employee is a subclass of person.
Person array[]= new Employee[5];
Is this the same as
array[0]=new Employee(); array[1]= new Employee(); . . .
1 Answer

Chris Adamson
132,142 PointsNot quite the same:
Person array[]= new Employee[5];
Creates an array with 5 elements uinitialized, after that you have to initialize each element in the array:
array[0]=new Employee();
array[1]= new Employee(); . . .