B4J Question Can I Use New() Instead of Initialize for Standard Classes?

cklester · Nov 19, 2020

Can I use any name for the initialization sub of a standard class, or does Initialize have to exist?

B4X:

dim myBook as Book
myBook.Initialize("Title","Author",ISBN_Number)

-or-

B4X:

dim myBook as Book
myBook.New("Title","Author",ISBN_Number)

-best?-

B4X:

dim myBook as Book = Book.New("Title","Author",ISBN_Number)

EnriqueGonzalez · Nov 19, 2020

err no. not possible. you can create a sub and do this

cklester said:
dim myBook as Book = Book.New("Title","Author",ISBN_Number)

B4X:

sub createBook() as Book
dim book as book
book.initialize
return book
end sub

dim b as book = createBook()

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