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I have the following base class and sub class:

public class BaseClass<T> {
    public BaseClass(T value){
}

public class NewClass<T> extends BaseClass<T> {
    public NewClass(T value){
    }
}

I get the following error: Implicit super constructor BaseClass() is undefined. Must explicitly invoke another constructor

How do I go about fixing this?

Alagappan Ramu
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2 Answers2

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Change your subclass cosntructor to:

public class NewClass<T> extends BaseClass<T> {
    public NewClass(T value){
        super(value);
    }
}

If you don't add super(value);, then compiler will automatically add a super();, which will chain to a 0-arg constructor of super class. Basically, your original subclass constructor is compiled to:

public NewClass(T value){
    super();
}

Now you can see that, it tries to call 0-arg super class constructor, which the compiler cannot find. Why? Since in super class, you have provided a 1-arg constructor, compiler won't add any default constructor there. And hence that error.

You can also avoid this problem by giving an explicit 0-arg constructor in your super class, in which case, your original sub class code will work fine.

Rohit Jain
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if it asks to explicitly invoke another constructor, just do it:

public class NewClass<T> extends BaseClass<T> {
    public NewClass(T value){
        super(value);
    }
}
Alexei Kaigorodov
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