Overloading a constructor

Question

How does one then go about overloading a contructor of the main class have the object called in the main method, say:
public class ShadeArea //extends whatever
  public ShadeArea()
    // Structure the layout of the app. here
  public ShadeArea(Locale locale)  // overloaded contructor
     locale = Locale.getDefault();
  public static void main(String args[])
     // Render the app
     ShadeArea shade = new ShadeArea();
     /* The problem lies herein
     ** How do I go about, as an example, setting the locale
}How do I get an object from an overloaded constructor to work with, say, the other objects of the first constructor?
Hope u understand my question...
Thx!
Reformer!

Answer 1

THe problem is that locale is local (I hate these words), meaning that once the constructor is done, locale is gone.
You need to use class variable.
Here is what it might look like:
     public class ShadeArea() {
          Locale _locale;
          public ShadeArea() {}
          public ShadeArea(Locale locale) {
               _locale = locale;
               _locale = Locale.getDefault();
            public static void main(String args[])  {     // Render the app    
                 ShadeArea shade = new ShadeArea();
                 //now _locale is available for use
     }Your code, however doesn't seem to have much sense, since the locale variable in the constructor never really gets used.
I think you should get some more information about local/global variables and parameters to methods.
HTH
M