Re: New bug identified: Method does not override from superclass?

Hi Rob,

The @Override tag from Java 5 is especially dedicated to such a task.

The compiler will warn you if a method tagged with @Override does not 
really override a superclass method.

        Daniel

Rob Oxspring a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this has cropped up before, I've only just sub'd.
>
> I've just discovered a bug in our software that fits what I think is a
> fairly common pattern.  The pattern is that a method signature has been
> modified in a supertype but the change isn't reflected in a subtype and
> so when the method is invoked on the subtype, the subtype specific
> implementation is never used.  I ran FindBugs
> (edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_1.1.1.v20061005-rc3.zip) which
> didn't spot the problem.
>
> Could a rule be written to catch a method in a subclass that have the
> same name as a method in the superclass, but doesn't override that method?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
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