Starting Out with Java: Early Objects (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134462011
Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 12MC
If you do not write a constructor for a class, this is automatically provided for the class.
- a. accessor method
- b. default instance
- c. default constructor
- d. predefined constructor
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