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Héctor
Héctor

Reputation: 26054

Call parent method instead of the overriden one

I have a class C1:

public class C1 {

    public void method() {
      //Do something
    }

    protected void anotherMethod() {
      if (something) {
          method(); 
          /*Here, I want to call the method C1.method, 
           * but C2.method is called
           */
      }
    }

}

and another class C2 that extends it and overrides the method:

public class C2 extends C1 {

    @Override
    public void method() {
        if (something) {
            anotherMethod();
        } else {
            super.method();
        }
    }

}

My problem is described in the code comment. I can't run parent method in the parent class. What is the reason?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 86

Answers (2)

Bathsheba
Bathsheba

Reputation: 234715

Annoyingly, you can't (setting aside reflective hacks).

But you could do something on the lines

public class C1 {
    public final void _method() /*rename to taste*/{
    }

    public void method(){
        _method();
    }
}

and override method in your derived class. If you specifically require the base class method, then call _method(). I think that's the nearest to writing C1::method() which is permissible in C++.

Upvotes: 2

nstosic
nstosic

Reputation: 2614

As far as your C2 class is concerned the anotherMethod() is not overriden so it calls its own method() if something is true.

Override it as follows:

@Override
protected void anotherMethod() {
  if (something) {
      super.method(); //Here, I want to call the method `C1.method`, but `C2.method` is called
  }
}

to call the parent method from child's anotherMethod() definition.

Upvotes: 1

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