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[Raj Gahalot]

If you want subclasses to access, but not to override a superclass member method, what keyword should precede the name of the superclass method?

[jean-gobert de coster]

Not sure I understand your question...

do you mean: how can I guarantee that my object's subclasses don't override one of my methods, then you should use the "final" modifier in front of your method declaration.

was that your question?
[ December 16, 2008: Message edited by: jean-gobert de coster ]

[Ankit Garg]

just use public final. This will allow subclasses to access the member and not able to override it...

[victor kamat]

Use super.<methodName>
[ December 16, 2008: Message edited by: victor kamat ]

[raj malhotra]

just use public final. This will allow subclasses to access the member and not able to override it...

To stop overriding 'final' is the alone keyword required in method definition.You can also use public,protected and default access modifier with it.

[Ankit Garg]

Originally posted by raj malhotra:


To stop overriding 'final' is the alone keyword required in method definition.You can also use public,protected and default access modifier with it.

I wrote public final because of this statement in the original question

If you want subclasses to access

If you don't use public, then some sub-classes might not be able to access the member...