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Optional parameters or overloaded constructors

I am implementing a DelegateCommand, and when I was about to implement the constructor(s), I came up with the following two design choices: 1: Having multiple overloaded constructors public ...
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Object constructors with dynamic parameter lists

I had a quick question and I was hoping someone could help me figure this out. I'm new to Java and I'm trying to learn about classes and objects and I see you can call parameters in the constructor of ...
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Is it bad to create classes whose sole purpose is to be converted to another class implicitly?

Imagine a situation where we're using a library that allows you to create Circle objects, where you can specify the radius and the center of the circle to define it. However, for some reason, it also ...
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How to deal with constructors in large data classes [duplicate]

Several times now I have come across the situations where you have some kind of settings class that simply contains a mass of data. Often these classes are simply not valid without at least most of ...
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Constructors, Ignore Arguments

Is it possible to have a constructor in a class, that you can ignore certain arguments/parameters? For example, I have this constructor Car(color, make, model, wheels, type, doors) Could I call ...
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Is it better to have constructors with or without parameters?

Is it better to have constructors with or without parameters and why? public NewClass( String a, String b, int c) throws IOException { //something } OR public NewClass() { //something }
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