protected access

[Rishi Wright]

Hi 'all
say A & B are classes in different PACKAGES
and B extends A
Then
1)how can I call a PROTECTED OVERRIDEN method in A from B
2)How can I access the STATIC PROTECTED method of A from B
a simple example would be more helpfullllll.....
thank you
rishi

[Maulin Vasavada]

hi Rishi,
Here is the example,

// A.java
package pk1;
public class A {
static protected String name = "A";
protected void print() {
System.out.println("A");
}
}
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// B.java
package pk2;
import pk1.*;
public class B extends A {
public void print() {
System.out.println("B");
}
public void print1() {
print(); // this will call B's print()
super.print(); // this will call A's print()
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
B b = new B();
b.print1();
System.out.println("A.protected static:"+A.name);
}
}

output is,
B
A
A.protected static:A
You get it?
Regards
Maulin

[Rishi Wright]

Thnx Maulin...I wanted to confirm there is no other way to call superclass overridden method other than using super (I mean any reference variable)..
thnx agian
rishi

[Selim Hendrickson]

Maulin I'm confused. I thought the extending class would not be able to invoke protected methods through reference. Is super an exception to this rule?