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Tom Tresansky
Tom Tresansky

Reputation: 19892

Meaning of icons in Eclipse Type Hierarchy window

In Eclipse, the Java Method Override Indicator is the little upwards arrow next to a method in the Type Hierarchy view.

A solid arrow means a method overrides an existing method lower in the hierarchy.

What does the hollow arrow mean?

Do annotations effect either arrow?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 860

Answers (1)

Sean Patrick Floyd
Sean Patrick Floyd

Reputation: 298898

The "hollow" or white, as I perceive it, arrow means that this method does not override a super class method but implements specified in an interface.

Annotations should not have anything to do with that. There is only a preference setting in the java / editor / save actions section that defines whether to automatically insert override annotations, but that is only semantically, but not technically related to the arrows mentioned

Upvotes: 1

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