Methods vs Constructors in Java

Question

I am new to Java and I exactly do not the difference between methods and constructors and what makes them unique. Can someone help me define them and differentiate between the two?

Answer 1

The methods are something we can call explicitly whereas, a constructor is called implicity when we initialize an object using a new operator. A constructor’s name has to be the name of a class whereas, for a method, there is no need.

A constructor does not have a return type whereas, a method must have a return type unless it is a void type.

A method can be implemented any number of times, but the constructor is implemented only once per object. The constructors are chained and they must be called in a particular order whereas, for a method, there is no such thing. A constructor is provided by default by the compiler but the compiler does not provide a default method.

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