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title: "Where and how can you use a private constructor in java?"  
description: "Where and how can you use a private constructor in java?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-04-10  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1949/where-and-how-can-you-use-a-private-constructor-in-java  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Where and how can you use a private constructor in java?

Private constructor is used if you do not want other classes to instantiate the object and to prevent sub-classing. The instantiate is done by a public static method (i.e. a static factory method) within the same class.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Private constructor is used if you do not want other classes to instantiate the object and to prevent sub-classing. The instantiate is done by a public static method (i.e. a static factory method) within the same class.


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