Top "Overriding" questions

Method overriding, in object oriented programming, is a language feature that allows a subclass or child class to provide a specific implementation of a method that is already provided by one of its superclasses or parent classes.

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Is it possible for an inherited class to implement a virtual function with a different return type (not using a …

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Best practice for overriding classes / properties in ExtJS?

I have an Ext.form.field.Text and I want to override the setValue function. What is the recommended way …

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Why does an overridden function in the derived class hide other overloads of the base class?

Consider the code : #include <stdio.h> class Base { public: virtual void gogo(int a){ printf(" Base :: gogo (int) \…

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Java generic method inheritance and override rules

I have an abstract class that has a generic method and I want to override the generic method by substituting …

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Is the 'override' keyword just a check for a overridden virtual method?

As far as I understand, the introduction of override keyword in C++11 is nothing more than a check to make …

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When NOT to call super() method when overriding?

When I make my own Android custom class, I extend its native class. Then when I want to override the …

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Python Method overriding, does signature matter?

Lets say I have class Super(): def method1(): pass class Sub(Super): def method1(param1, param2, param3): stuff Is this …

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Django Admin - Overriding the widget of a custom form field

I have a custom TagField form field. class TagField(forms.CharField): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(TagField, self).__init__(*…

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How to call a superclass method using Java reflection

I have two classes: public class A { public Object method() {...} } public class B extends A { @Override public Object method() {...} } I …

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