8.8. Constructor Declarations
A constructor is used in the creation of an object that is an instance of a class (§12.5, §15.9).
ConstructorDeclaration: ConstructorModifiersopt ConstructorDeclarator Throwsopt ConstructorBodyConstructorDeclarator: TypeParametersopt SimpleTypeName (
FormalParameterListopt )
The SimpleTypeName in the ConstructorDeclarator must be the simple name of the class that contains the constructor declaration; otherwise a compile-time error occurs.
In all other respects, the constructor declaration looks just like a method declaration that has no result type.
Constructor declarations are not members. They are never inherited and therefore are not subject to hiding or overriding.
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