Re: Is "return super;" a valid statement

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From: Dave Bird
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:26

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In article <3ab6816f_1@dnews>, Ralph Quapp <-@?.?> writes
>Ok, the example was a bit to simple or I did not explain the intended use
>well enough:
>
>In fact I want to return a reference to an instance of class A, only. Class
>B was only intended to prepare class A for a specific usage, and it is not
>intended to be used any further. I therefore wanted to 'remove' the B part
>of the instance. But probably - even when it would be a valid construct - it
>would not work as it still will behave polymorphic (tested with JBuilder).

 If 
 ClassB extends ClassA{       has
     ClassA makeA(int x){     then, as I explained, what you want is
         return (ClassA)this;  
         ....
     }
     ......
 }
 assuming you want to return the current object 
 but viewed as being of its superclass type. 

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From: Dave Bird <dave@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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