[RESOLVED] How can I use keyword “super”

[eranga262154]

Hi all,

One of the Java documentation I found that the keyword “super” can be use to call the original method from inside a method definition.

Then look at the following code,

void addNumbers(int a, int b)
	{
		// process 1
		super.addNumbers(a, b)
		// process 2
	}

Let me explain it,

On the process 1, add "a" and "b" together. On the process 2 add "a" and "b" with another int value. If I do so, is it ok. Please comment me on this.

[CornedBee]

That wasn't exactly clear.

The super keyword is there to call the base class's version of an overridden function.

class Base
{
  void foo() { ... }
}

class Derived
{
  void foo() {
    // something more
    // now the base stuff:
    super.foo();
}

[eranga262154]

Thanks.

By the way, in a constructor method, how can I used keyword "super".

[penagate]

super(), and it must be the first statement.

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/constructor.html

[eranga262154]

Thanks a lot.