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Michiel Ariens
Michiel Ariens

Reputation: 298

Alternative to overiding static in java

I was wondering: what would be the best way to fit an attribute to a class which is part of a large inheritance structure. I wanted to make an abstract static method which each class would override but after a quick google that doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions?

I could make it an instance method but it really is a class level specification.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 631

Answers (1)

aioobe
aioobe

Reputation: 421170

I would suggest you create an abstract method, just as you have thought of, and let this method be implemented in terms of static variables in each class.

abstract class Base {
    abstract String getValue();
}

class A extends Base {

    static String aValue = "From A";

    String getValue() {
        return aValue;
    }
}

class B extends A {

    static String bValue = "From B";

    String getValue() {
        return bValue;
    }
}

It requires a little bit more boiler plate in each class, than just a field declaration, but I believe it is hard to do anything about that.

Upvotes: 3

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