Why can't I refer to an instance method while explicitly invoking a constructor?

Question

Does anyone know why you can reference a static method in the first line of the constructor using this() or super(), but not a non-sta

Answer 1

I think its's because final instance variables are not set yet (so you have no instance yet) and an instance method could access one. Whereas all static initialization has been done before the constructor call.

Greetz, GHad