SCJP - exam question

It's actually from SCJP 6 StudyGuide Exam310-065(MGH,2008) alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/1f37466409.png alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/03aaff252a.png alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/b56385a448.png alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/83761fff86.png

The call to super() in Kinder class constructor seems to be redundant because of:

quote from the book: alt text http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8984096dc6.png i.e. that there is no need to type super() explicitly, as this can be done by compiler
the compiler accepts very well version without call to super()

The question is, if authors made some mistake in this question or am I missing something (more likely)

Solution

Sorry, I may be missing something (most likely), but it sounds like it's stated in the text:

a. The line cannot be left blank, as the parentheses are already in place.

That is, a constructor can be empty.. except that empty parentheses would be a syntax error (so it wouldn't compile).

b. Further, since the superclass constructor called is the no-argument version, this constructor must be created.

I think you may just have to re-read the text one more time and it should all click. Or I am really off on the whole thing.. in that case I apologize, it's kind of late over here. ;-)