Hey guys! If I have a super class that has a variable with the same name as a class inheriting from it, is there any way of telling the super class to use the inherited class's variable? eg:

public class NewClass extends BaseClass {
	public NewClass() {
		
	}
	
	//This is the Class that I want to override

	protected class CreatorClass {
		public NewClass created = new NewClass();
	}
}

public class BaseClass {
	BaseClass() {
	}

	public CreatorClass getCreator() {
		return creator;
	}
	
	CreatorClass creator = new CreatorClass();
	
	//This is the Class that I want other classes to override

	protected class CreatorClass {
		public BaseClass created = new BaseClass();
	}
}

//And I want to be able to do like this:

BaseClass obj = NewClass();
//And a call to getCreator is supposed to return the

//new CreatorClass 

obj.getCreator();

So, basically I want the BaseClass to use the CreatorClass in the NewClass. And I understand that I would need to bypass the Variable Shawoding somehow, to let the variable work similar to method overriding? I would like to know if there is any way of achieving this? Thank you! [edited by - FxMazter on February 22, 2004 4:32:12 PM] [edited by - FxMazter on February 22, 2004 5:45:34 PM]

No... If you want overriding semantics, you need to use a method.

k, well, thank you then

That code is awfully convoluted. I''m not sure what exactly you are trying to achieve. Can you explain the class hierarchy you are looking for a little better?