Re: Is "return super;" a valid statement

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From: Mark Richter
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:00

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"Ralph Quapp" <-> wrote in message news:3ab26402$1_1@dnews...
>  public class B extends A
>  {
>   public String b = "B";
>
>   public A doSomething()
>   {
>    return super;                    <---- error
>   }
>  }

Ralph,

  'super' suggests an instance, the ancestor instance.  You have declared
your method to return a class.

Try:

  return super();

It should then call A.doSomething() and return its result.  I've not tested
this, but that *looks* like what is happening...

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