doubt regarding accessing parent variables

[shreya prabhu]

parent{}
child1 extends parent{}
child2 extends child1()

there is same method in both parent and child1 with same name and signature and method is not static.then can i call the method in parent
by using this :
((parent)this.)methodname();

if the method is not static then it is not possible to access the method in parent from child2.am i right?please clear my doubt.

[Vassili Vladimir]

Child2 will directly inherit from Child1 and yes you can not directly use the one defined in the Parent class (if not static).
In fact, you only can access the one defined in Parent using a Parent reference to a Parent object(Instantiated in Child2, as an example)!

And by saying ((Parent)this).someMethod(); you are polymorphically referring to Child2, and as far as Child2 is using the version defined in Child1, the same functionality will be used.

I hope that i have cleared your doubts ...

Best of luck ...

[shreya prabhu]

i am sorry i mean in the first case methods are static.