Why do we call super in constructor?

We use super keyword to call the members of the Superclass . As a subclass inherits all the members (fields, methods, nested classes) from its parent and since Constructors are NOT members (They don’t belong to objects. They are responsible for creating objects), they are NOT inherited by subclasses.8 May 2012

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What is a superclass in Java?

In Java, the superclass, also known as the parent class , is the class from which a child class (or a subclass) inherits its constructors, methods, and attributes . For instance, in our above example, BankAccount was the superclass from which our subclass SavingsAccount inherited its values.

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