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Re: calling subclasses method from super class

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Subject: Re: calling subclasses method from super class
From: Will Leshner <will dot leshner at gmail dot com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:55:01 -0700
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:52:04 -0500, Tom Iwaniec <tom at oranged dot net> wrote:

> Is there any way for the super class's todictionary to call the
> subclass's todictionary to get the value returned by it, and then  add
> to that dictionary and return it as the final dictionary?

You never want to be calling a subclass method in a super class. In
this case, you want to turn it around and do it the other way, I would
think. In your subclass ToDictionary call super.ToDictionary to get
the initial dictionary and then add to that in your subclass
ToDictionary and return it.


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