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class A {
  A(int i) {
    System.out.println("A constructor");
  }
}

class B extends A {
  B(int i) {
    super(i);
    System.out.println("B constructor");
  }
}

class C extends B {
  C() {
    super(11);
    System.out.println("C constructor");
  }
}

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    C x = new C();
  }
}
A constructor
B constructor
C constructor








5.22.Inheritance
5.22.1.Inheritance
5.22.2.Accessibility
5.22.3.Method Overriding
5.22.4.The extends Keyword
5.22.5.Deriving a Class
5.22.6.The keyword super represents an instance of the direct superclass of the current object.
5.22.7.Derived Class Constructors: Calling the Base Class Constructor
5.22.8.Overriding a Base Class Method
5.22.9.Type Casting
5.22.10.Inheritance, constructors and arguments
5.22.11.Combining composition and inheritance
5.22.12.Inheritance and upcasting.
5.22.13.Overloading a base-class method name in a derived class does not hide the base-class versions.
5.22.14.Cleanup and inheritance
5.22.15.Creating a Multilevel Hierarchy
5.22.16.Demonstrate when constructors are called in a Multilevel Hierarchy