How to call a different constructor conditionally in Java?

Question

Let\'s say someone gives you a class, Super, with the following constructors:

public class Super
{
    public Super();
    public Super(int arg)         


        

Answer 1

Use static factories, and four private constructors.

class Foo {
 public static Foo makeFoo(arguments) {
    if (whatever) {
      return new Foo(args1);
    } else if (something else) {
      return new Foo(args2);
    }
    etc...
  }
  private Foo(constructor1) { 
    ...
  }
  ...
}