OverRide

[yanivdan98]

hi

i run the code which wrote here..

and it print for me "shape" and i dont understand why?

someone can help me and explain me why "shape" is print and not "sqaure" ?

thanks alot



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[Fubarable]

Only methods can be overridden, not variables.

[jim829]

First, it would be helpful if you would include your code in text surrounded by [code][/code] tags.

You didn't override show in the Square class so it called the method in Shape and used the value of str there. Also, realize that the instance field str in Shape and the instance field str in Square are two distinct fields and have nothing to do with each other.

Jim

[yanivdan98]

thanks both,

however i dont understand something,

the str variable doesnt overrided? why not?

if i had a overrided show method in sqaure with "return str" , it will return "sqaure" string?

[Fubarable]

thanks both,

however i dont understand something,

the str variable doesnt overrided? why not?

Again, in Java variables do not get overridden, only methods do. That is how Java is defined.

if i had a overrided show method in sqaure with "return str" , it will return "sqaure" string?

Yep.

[yanivdan98]

thanks alot