Re: How to make a member variable of a derivation read-only?

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From: Noelle Adam
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 00:00

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Jon Skeet wrote:

> Hannes.Heckner@munich.ixos.de wrote:
>
> > How can I make foo final in the derivation by OVERLOADING
> > foo from the Base class?
>
> You can't. Variables aren't overridden, they are merely shadowed.
> (Overloading is something different, by the way.) The Java Language
> Specification explains this in more detail.
>

Yes, what you can do is create an accessor method for a private variable
and override it in the  descendant class.

>
> > If you know a solution to this problem, please submit
> > it to http://www.the-codebook.com/show_code.asp?ProblemId=1356
>
> Post in news, expect answers in news...
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - skeet@pobox.com
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From: Noelle Adam <Noelle.Adam@irisa.fr>
Subject: Re: How to make a member variable of a derivation read-only?
Date: 2000/03/06
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