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In Java, is a Constructor also a Method?

23bdeef9-6541-4b66-b2dd-61c3c308bbbbOct 17 2017 — edited Oct 17 2017

In Java, is a Constructor also a Method?

Looking at Oracle's definition of a Method it states that it needs the 6 components, including a return type. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methods.html

Additionally Oracle's definition of a Constructor states in the second sentence that they "look like methods", doesn't state that they are. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/constructors.html

I've been told both throughout my time using Java and school. I'm not a beginner to say in Java, but this question should be an essential to the language when it comes to documentation/specifications.

I'm just looking for technical information to back either or.

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