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vinlore
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 Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:32 am Post subject: NEWBIE HELP: Super class accessing attributes of sub-class |
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I have a sub class, subClass1 that has a protected attribute, subAtt. The
sub class uses super() in the constructor. If I instantiate the super
class, why can't I see the subAtt attribute ?
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Hal Rosser
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| Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:27 am Post subject: Re: NEWBIE HELP: Super class accessing attributes of sub-cla |
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"vinlore" <vinlore (AT) nospam (DOT) msn.com> wrote
| Quote: | I have a sub class, subClass1 that has a protected attribute, subAtt. The
sub class uses super() in the constructor. If I instantiate the super
class, why can't I see the subAtt attribute ?
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Because the sub class "is a" super class - but a super class isn't
necessarily a sub.
Consider
A Class Pet, and a class Dog which extends Pet, and a class Cat which
extends Pet, a Parrot class the extends Pet, etc - any number of different
classes that extends Pet...
a Dog instance 'is a' Pet
but
a Pet instance could be a fish, a cat, or Parrot.
If you cast the Pet to a Dog, then you may be able to call your method.
HTH
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