Re: Newbie question on classes , methods

From:
Mark Space <markspace@sbc.global.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:02:25 -0700
Message-ID:
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Juergen Kluth wrote:

If you have a minute ?!

I had the documentation on class System at a sun's website
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/System.html

in the methode summary of System there is the getProperty method listed

both classes System and properties are derived classes from ->
java.lang.Objekt
both classes have the getProperty(String) methode listed

can it be, that in the class System the method getProperty is inherited by
the Properties class.

jk
regards


Nope, not inherited.

The two methods can be chained or ganged, for example:

public final class System {

   public static String getProperty( String key )
   {
      return System.getProperties().getProperty( key );
   }
   // rest of class...
}

But this is not inheritance.

Look at this again:

<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Properties.html>

Find "getProperty", then srcoll down to "Methods inherited from class
java.lang.Object". You'll see no "getProperty" there.

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