Calling super()

Question

When do you call super() in Java? I see it in some constructors of the derived class, but isn\'t the constructors for each of the parent class called automatically? Why woul

Answer 1

You may call super() with parameters if you want to call a non-default constructor of the superclass, or if the superclass does not have a default constructor. The compiler can only insert the default, no arguments super() constructor.