On 06/08/2008 20:07, jsguru72 allegedly wrote:
Thanks for your reply. After posting, I did additional testing and
came up with a solution that seems to work. It is similar to what you
provided Joshua.
On 06/08/2008 19:58, Joshua Cranmer allegedly wrote:
> This is how I do it:
>
> public abstract class Fruit {
>
> private String type;
>
> protected Fruit(String type) {
> this.type = type;
> }
>
> public String whatAmI() {
> return this.type;
> }
> }
>
public class Apple extends Fruit {
public Apple() {
super("Apple");
}
}
Alternatively...
<code>
//Parent Abstract Class
public abstract class Fruit {
protected String fruit = "Fruit";
public String whatAmI() {
return fruit;
}
}
//Subclass
public class Apple extends Fruit {
public Apple() {
fruit = "Apple";
}
public static void main(String [] args) {
Apple myApple = new Apple();
System.out.println("-->" + myApple.whatAmI() );
}
}
</code>
...would work, too. It's not very clean, however.