Hi !

You should use @Override on overriden methods in sub-classes

2010/9/1 Paul Stanton <p...@mapshed.com.au>

> I've found a strange issue with the @SetupRender annotation when used in a
> class hierarchy.
>
> Typically, in java 2 classes within a hierarchy can have the same signature
> for a private method and not effect each other, so I would expect this to be
> the case when both of these private methods are annotated with @SetupRender.
> Therefore the output for case 1 and case 2 (below) should be the same and
> print both messages "setupRender2", "setupRender1".
>
> However case 1 only prints "setupRender2" meaning it somehow overwrites the
> method in it's implementing class.
>
> This is concerning because
> 1. there should never be a requirement that a sub-class knows of it's
> super-classes implementation
> 2. if hierarchy does come into play, the subclass should override the super
> class.
>
> CASE 1:
> ------------------
> public abstract class StartBase {
>   @SetupRender
>   private void init() {
>       log.debug("setupRender2");
>   }
> }
>
> public class Start extends StartBase {
>   @SetupRender
>   private void init() {
>       log.debug("setupRender1");
>   }
> }
>
> CASE 2:
> ------------------
> public abstract class StartBase {
>   @SetupRender
>   private void init2() {
>       log.debug("setupRender2");
>   }
> }
>
> public class Start extends StartBase {
>   @SetupRender
>   private void init1() {
>       log.debug("setupRender1");
>   }
> }
>
>
>
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Regards,
Christophe Cordenier.

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