How can I access the superclass toString method?

Question

public class override {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        c1 obj = new c1();
        System.out.println(obj);
    }
}

class a1 {
    public String toString (){
        return "this is clas a";
    }
}

class b1 extends a1{
    public String toString (){
        return "this is clas b";
    }
}

class c1 extends b1{
    public String toString (){
        return super.toString() + "\nthis is clas c";
    }
    
}

I need to access the superclass a1 toString method in c1 subclass. Is there any way to do it. I'm learning java, any help would be a great support.

Answer 1

You would probably like to have something as super.super.toString(). But this is not allowed in java. So you can simply use it twice as bellow :

public class override {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        c1 obj = new c1();
        System.out.println(obj);
    }
}

class a1 {
    public String toString (){
        return "this is clas a";
    }
}

class b1 extends a1{
    public String toString (){
        return "this is clas b";
    }

    public String superToString(){
        return super.toString();
    }
}

class c1 extends b1{
    public String toString (){
        return super.superToString() + "\nthis is clas c";
    }
}

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