Why is `invokespecial` used to invoke `<init>` method in java?

Question

Why is invokespecial used to invoke <init> method in java?

I read at multiple places but could not understand the perfect reason?

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

These link are useful with very simple language

http://arhipov.blogspot.in/2011/01/java-bytecode-fundamentals.html

http://commons.apache.org/bcel/manual.html

This article from ibm is also nice with good example

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/it-haggar_bytecode/