Call Abstract toString() When its Been Overwritten by Child Class

Asked May 19 '17 at 19:33

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I have an abstract Course class with subclasses of Course. Course has it's own toString method and subclasses have an overwritten toString() method.

I have created a new Class Student that uses an array of Course[] with different subclasses instances ie Course[0] list = new SubClassName() etc.

When I use toString() on list[0] it calls the subclass toString.

How can I have access to the parent toString() method when it's been overwritten?

Thanks

asked May 19 '17 at 19:33

chninja

Understand that toString is used mainly for debugging and not for production. It sounds like you're not doing this. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels May 19 '17 at 19:37
Also, please provide a [mcve] in future - it's a lot easier to read actual code than a *description* of code. – Jon Skeet May 19 '17 at 19:41
Basically, you can't do that. Once a method is overridden, it's overridden. – Louis Wasserman May 19 '17 at 19:54
* "overridden". "Overwritten" has an entirely different meaning. – Lew Bloch May 19 '17 at 19:57
Thanks Louis Wasserman that is what I wanted to know. – chninja May 19 '17 at 20:05

Call Abstract toString() When its Been Overwritten by Child Class

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