Java - Method executed prior to Default Constructor [duplicate]

Question

I'm learning java and accidentally I came across following code where default constructor is executed after the method.

 public class ChkCons {      int var = getVal();      ChkCons() {         System.out.println("I'm Default Constructor.");     }      public int getVal() {         System.out.println("I'm in Method.");         return 10;     }      public static void main(String[] args) {          ChkCons c = new ChkCons();      }  } 

OUTPUT :

 I'm in Method. I'm Default Constructor. 

Can anyone please explain me why this happened?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Instance variable initialization expressions such as int var = getVal(); are evaluated after the super class constructor is executed but prior to the execution of the current class constructor's body.

Therefore getVal() is called before the body of the ChkCons constructor is executed.