Re: this reference in Java constructors
Eric Sosman wrote:
It's fairly easy to get an arbitrary
amount of code executed *before* the superclass' constructor
runs, as in
class Counterexample extends HasBoolConstructor {
Counterexample() {
super(boolMethod());
}
private bool boolMethod() {
// Twelve SQL queries,
// Eleven XML parses,
// Ten external programs,
// Nine RMI calls,
// Eight LDAP queries,
// Seven serializations,
// Six caught exceptions,
// Five di-a-logs!
// Four URLs,
// Three GC's,
// Two JAR downloads, and
return pearTree.add("Partridge");
}
private static final HashSet<String> pearTree =
new HashSet<String>();
}
In addition to the obvious dangers here that you've already discussed, the
instance-level access to a static structure is problematic. This is a
well-crafted example of code idioms to avoid.
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