Overriding Constructors

Question

I am greatly confused with Overriding Constructors. Constructor can not be overridden is the result what i get when i searched it in google my question is

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Answer 1

You cannot override the constructor as the constructor is invoked by the name of the class it constructs. How can you create some different class with the same constructor? Also, a child class does not inherit constructors from its parent.

If the parent constructor does some important initialization, it can be called from the child constructor using super:

class Err extends Throwable {
   Err(String message) {
       super(message); // Call the constructor of Throwable.
        ..

The parent class constructor is also always called. If you yourself do not call any, a constructor without parameters is called automatically before entering a constructor of the derived class. If the parent has no parameterless constructor and you do not call any, a compile time error is reported.