Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] Fwd: Overriding calculateChecksum

[Hiroo H. <hir...@co...>]

Hi Jeff,

Jeff> What I've found out is that it appears to be happening
Jeff> because Driver.calculateChecksum(Patch, int, int, int)
Jeff> is defined as a static method.

You are right.

The Java Programming Language Third Edition, Chapter 3 Extending
Classes, 3.3.5 Hiding Static Members starts by the following sentence.

        Static members within a class cannot be overridden, they are always
        hidden --- whether a field or a method.

I completely did not understand this rule.  It was my fault to make 
Driver.calculateChecksum(Patch, int, int, int) static. I'll make it
non-static method.
-- 
Hiroo Hayashi