No. Because, what is the guarantee that when the super class code is being executed there will always be a sub class?
But, the other way round - sub class object accessing a super class variable is possible because, if a sub class uses inheritance to extend from another class, then it is 100% sure that the parent class is going to be around. So a sub class can access the super class variable.
A subclass invokes its base class constructor at the point of instantiation. That is; you cannot instantiate a subclass object without first constructing its base class, which is done automatically.
The super variable is not a reference to a subclass. It is a reference to the superclass. class MyClass { void printType() { System.out.println("This is a MyClass"); } // MySubClass is a subclass of MyClass. Within this class, the super keyword // refers to MyClass. static class MySubClass extends MyClass { void printType() { // Tell Java we also want to call the printType method of the super class super.printType(); System.out.println("This is a MySubClass"); } } }
A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.
In Java, or in any object oriented language such as C++, a method defined in super (parent) class does not need to be defined in a subclass, because that is the primary purpose of inheritance. Object oriented programming allows you to define and declare a class that implements the behavior for an object. Inheritance allows you to refine, or subclass, that class by "reusing" all of the functionality of the parent class into the sub class, adding additional definition and declaration for the sub class. If the subclass needs to change a parent class method, it can overload that method. This is called abstraction.
We can't call (i.e, execute) an abstract method in java because these methods don't contain any code to execute!In some special cases like when an abstract method is overridden in a subclass, and when we are using super class reference variable( which is referring that subclass object), it appears that we are calling abstract method in super class. But actually the code in the subclass method is being executed.Example:abstract class SuperClass{abstract void show(); //abstract method in super class}class SubClass extends SuperClass{void show(){ //show() of SuperClass overridden in SubClassSystem.out.println("SubClass Method");}}class Example{public static void main(String... args){SuperClass sup=new SubClass();sup.show(); //SubClass show() will be executed !!!}}
A subclass invokes its base class constructor at the point of instantiation. That is; you cannot instantiate a subclass object without first constructing its base class, which is done automatically.
The super variable is not a reference to a subclass. It is a reference to the superclass. class MyClass { void printType() { System.out.println("This is a MyClass"); } // MySubClass is a subclass of MyClass. Within this class, the super keyword // refers to MyClass. static class MySubClass extends MyClass { void printType() { // Tell Java we also want to call the printType method of the super class super.printType(); System.out.println("This is a MySubClass"); } } }
A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.A class can be a subclass of another class, not of itself.
In Java, or in any object oriented language such as C++, a method defined in super (parent) class does not need to be defined in a subclass, because that is the primary purpose of inheritance. Object oriented programming allows you to define and declare a class that implements the behavior for an object. Inheritance allows you to refine, or subclass, that class by "reusing" all of the functionality of the parent class into the sub class, adding additional definition and declaration for the sub class. If the subclass needs to change a parent class method, it can overload that method. This is called abstraction.
Inheritance
We can't call (i.e, execute) an abstract method in java because these methods don't contain any code to execute!In some special cases like when an abstract method is overridden in a subclass, and when we are using super class reference variable( which is referring that subclass object), it appears that we are calling abstract method in super class. But actually the code in the subclass method is being executed.Example:abstract class SuperClass{abstract void show(); //abstract method in super class}class SubClass extends SuperClass{void show(){ //show() of SuperClass overridden in SubClassSystem.out.println("SubClass Method");}}class Example{public static void main(String... args){SuperClass sup=new SubClass();sup.show(); //SubClass show() will be executed !!!}}
In object oriented programming approach subclass is derived from parent class. This term is generally used in concept called "Inheritance" Example [PHP] class A { //class A definition } class B extends A { //class B definition } In above example class A is parent class and class B is subclass/child class .
In object oriented programming approach subclass is derived from parent class. This term is generally used in concept called "Inheritance" Example [PHP] class A { //class A definition } class B extends A { //class B definition } In above example class A is parent class and class B is subclass/child class .
That is used to verify whether an object is based on the specified class (or a subclass).
With inheritance, you can use methods and fields from the superclass in a subclass. So for example when I have a class Person with fields age and gender, I can make a subclass Student. a Student object has always the fields from its superclass Person (age and gender), but you can make extra fields for a Student object. The same is true for methods: a method defined in the Person class can also be used on a Student object because Student is a subclass from Person. Got it? ;)
The class case exception is thrown when an object A of class type B is cast to a class type C where C is neither B nor its subclass.
Overriding is an Object-Oriented concept where a subclass overrides a parent class's method(s) so it can provide it's own implementation.