Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it.

From:
Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:02:06 -0600
Message-ID:
<ydny5nvgt9d.fsf@shell.xmission.com>
bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> writes:

Hello, below is my program stripped to bare bones. Java says 'super'
must be first statement in constructor. I've moved it everywhere
still no luck. The program was running yesterday and I can't figure
what could be wrong. Any suggestions?

The error output is listed below the program

TIA Bill S.

PROGRAM:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;

public class CalcFrame1 extends JFrame{

    public void CalcFrame1() {
    super("CalcFrame1");
    //setTitle("CalcFrame1");
    FlowLayout flo = new FlowLayout();
    setLayout(flo);
    setLookAndFeel();
    //setSize(600,600);

   JButton shf = new JButton("shft");
   JButton chs = new JButton("chs");
   add (shf);
   add (chs);

   pack();
   setVisible(true);
    }
private void setLookAndFeel(){
        try{
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
                "com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
           }
        catch(Exception exc){
        // ignore error
            }
   }

   public static void main(String[] args){
       CalcFrame1 ClFr1 = new CalcFrame1();
   }
}

ERROR OUTPUT:
java.lang.VerifyError: Constructor must call super() or this() before
return in method CalcFrame1.<init>()V at offset 0
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2442)
    at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2685)
    at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1620)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.getMainMethod(LauncherHelper.java:492)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:484)
Exception in thread "main" Java Result: 1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 2 seconds)


Try changing

    public void CalcFrame1() {

to

    public CalcFrame1() {

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