constructor loading it's object from a file

[Murat Tasan]

i'd like to have a constructor that loads an object from disk and returns
it... kinda like:

class MyClass
{
MyClass(File f)
{
ObjectInputStream s = new ObjectInputStream(new
FileInputStream(f));
this = (MyClass)s.readObject();
}
}

now i know you cannot do this because this in the constructor is a final
variable...

is there trick that i don't know of that can do this?

p.s., before i get the typical responses... i already am using a static
factory method to accomplish the same thing... i'm just looking to make it
even easier to use my classes.

thanks for any help,

murat
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[Raymond DeCampo]

Murat Tasan wrote:

i'd like to have a constructor that loads an object from disk and returns
it... kinda like:

class MyClass
{
MyClass(File f)
{
ObjectInputStream s = new ObjectInputStream(new
FileInputStream(f));
this = (MyClass)s.readObject();
}
}

now i know you cannot do this because this in the constructor is a final
variable...

is there trick that i don't know of that can do this?

p.s., before i get the typical responses... i already am using a static
factory method to accomplish the same thing... i'm just looking to make it
even easier to use my classes.

What makes a constructor "easier" than a static method?

If you really wanted to do this you could read in the object from the
file and then copy all of its instance variables. Sounds like too much
work and too error prone for my taste however.

Ray

P.S. Can't tell if you edited it for posting, but don't forget to close
your streams in a finally clause.

[Amey Samant]

> class MyClass

{
MyClass(File f)
{
ObjectInputStream s = new ObjectInputStream(new
FileInputStream(f));
this = (MyClass)s.readObject();
}
}

how about instead of reading your object into this , read it in some
temporary local object variable & then perform member by member copy
into this
something of this sort

class MyClass
{
int x;
MyClass(File f)
{
MyClass temp;
ObjectInputStream s = new ObjectInputStream(new
FileInputStream(f));
temp= (MyClass)s.readObject();
this.x=temp.x; //member by member
copy for all members
}
}

hope this should help
regards
amey