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Using JDT: How can I find out if a method is overriding another method

I am traversing an AST using a JDT ASTVisitor.

private void removeOverrideAnnotations(CompilationUnit astUnit) {
    astUnit.accept(new ASTVisitor() {
        @Override
        public boolean visit(MethodDeclaration methodDeclarationNode) {
            if (isOverridingMethodOfSuperclass(methodDeclarationNode)) {
                ... process ...
            }
            return super.visit(methodDeclarationNode);
        }
    });
}

How can I find out if the MethodDeclaration I am visiting is overriding a superclass method?

Solution

  • Refer the below link for an overrride method search. Basically it does an exhaustive search on the project, finds the superclasses of a Type and checks each method with superclass method for the same name and arguments.