Calling a constructor with a condition [duplicate]

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How to call a different constructor conditionally in Java? (5 answers)

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I would like to do something like this:

if (condition)
    super(foo.class);
else
    super(bar.class);

But the super constructor has to be the first in the constructor. Is it possible to do this anyway?

Answer 1

Assuming you're calling the same superconstructor in both cases and just passing in a different argument, you can just use the conditional operator:

super(condition ? Foo.class : Bar.class);