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Foil 26 Use of Methods Defined in Parent

From Java Tutorial 98-2: Java Language and Object Oriented Techniques CPS606 Fall Semester 1999 -- Sept 7 1999. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Nancy McCracken
If you call a method in a class that was defined in some parent, the compiler has a simple algorithm to find the definition: it searches up the parent/child hierarchy.
Class:
method A
Definition of method
is given in parent
Class:
Class:
Class:
Class:
Object2
Object1
Object1 creates object2
and calls object2.A

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