OOP.AHF

Avoid hiding inherited instance fields

Description

This rule flags any inherited instance variable that is hidden by a member declared in a child class.

Example

 package OOP;
 
 public class AHV {
     protected long a = 4;
 }
 
 public class AHV_ extends AHV {
    protected int a = 5;
 }
 

Repair

The solution will depend on the design of the program, but may be as simple as using the inherited member and removing the member declared in the child class.