Can a java subclass's private final field be initialized before the super constructor completes?

Question

I have a pair of classes looking like this;

public abstract class Class1 {

//...

    public Class1() {
        //...
        function2();
        //...
    }

         


        

Answer 1

super classes are always initialised before subclasses. Only static fields of a sub class can be initialised first.

You can call an overridden method from the super class which then accesses a field which is not initialised. This is considered bad practice.