1) A constructor in Java is a special method that is used to initialize objects and is called when an object is created. It can set initial values for object attributes. 2) There are different types of constructors including default, parameterized, and copy constructors. The default constructor takes no parameters, parameterized constructors take parameters to initialize objects with different values, and copy constructors are used to create a copy of an object. 3) Constructor overloading allows a class to have multiple constructors with the same name but different parameters, allowing objects to be initialized in different ways.