Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Fwd: Overriding calculateChecksum

[Joe E. <jo...@em...>]

Jeff Weber wrote:

> What I've found out is that it appears to be happening
>
>because Driver.calculateChecksum(Patch, int, int, int)
>is defined as a static method.
>  
>
That's not supposed to even be possible.

From: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/override.html ....
"a subclass cannot override methods that are declared |static| in the 
superclass. In other words, a subclass cannot override a class method."
However, it goes on to say that:
"A subclass can /hide/ a |static| method in the superclass by declaring 
a |static| method in the subclass with the same signature as the 
|static| method in the superclass."

But it seems like hiding would be the opposite problem than what you're 
getting now.

- Joe