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Java

Posted by Bryan Beasman
Bryan Beasman
3,435 Points

JAVA Question: Object Instantiation

Could/Should you ever create an object within the constructor or method of another class? Or should the creation of objects only occur within the main() method of the main executable file?

1 Answer

Marina Alenskaja
Marina Alenskaja
9,320 Points

Hi Bryan

It's definitely possible to create an object in a method of a class. An example can be if you have a button in your program, that when pressed should perform some sort of action that requires the creation of an object. For example if you have program with a list of students and the option to create a new student. The create button would then call a createNewStudent method that takes the information from your textfields and uses it to create a new student object.

Hope that answer is somewhat helpful :-)

Bryan Beasman
Bryan Beasman
3,435 Points

Thank you, Marina. This was extremely helpful! I am still a beginner, so I am sure that was a dumb question :D