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[diamonddragon]

"You can reference the hidden data field or static method using the keyword super in the subclass."
And than, I read: "The keyword super can be used in two ways: To call a superclass constructor. To call a superclass method".
And that is all ok, till I used keyword super to access superclass data field(instance or class/static).

My question is, is there a way to access Father's prc(instance or static), from an instance of Son?

Say:

public class Father {
  public static int prc;
}

public class Son extends Father {
  private int prc;

  public Son() {
    super.prc = 1;
  }
}

public class TestSon {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Son s = new Son();
    int sonsPrc = s.prc;
    int fathersPrc; //?
  }
}

[diamonddragon]

Here is what I'v found to solve this problem:

public class TestSon {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Son s = new Son();
    int sonsPrc = s.prc;
    int fathersPrc = ((Father)Son).prc; //?
  }
}

So, seems it's possible to access Father's prc from an instance of Son.

[Norm]

Why not:
int fathersPrc = Father.prc;

[diamonddragon]

Why not:
int fathersPrc = Father.prc;

In case fathersPrc is static field, it is ok.
But if it is instance field, instance of Son have inherited fathersPrc.
And need type casting to access that inherited data field from instance of Son.
As long as Son extends Father.

As I understand, in this case type casting behaves as a "colander".