https://devops-monk.com/tags/constructors/Recent content in Constructors on Devops MonkHugoen-usSun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/java25/flexible-constructor-bodies/Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/java25/flexible-constructor-bodies/The Old Rule That Caused So Much Pain From Java 1.0 through Java 24, a constructor that extended another class had one rigid rule: super(...) or this(...) must be the first statement in the constructor body. This was enforced by the compiler. Not because of a deep technical reason — but because the JVM specification had always required that the superclass be fully initialized before the subclass could do anything with the object.