calling a super method from a static method

Question

Is it possible to call a super static method from child static method?

I mean, in a generic way, so far now I have the following:

public class BaseCo         


        

Answer 1

The official name of your implementation is called method hiding. I would suggest introducing a static init(Controller controller) method, and calling an instance method to take advantage of overriding.

public class Controller {
   static void init(Controller controller) {
      controller.init();
   }

   void init() {
      //init stuff
   }
}

public class BaseController extends Controller {

   @override
   void init() {
      super.init();
      //base controller init stuff
   }

}

public class ChildController extends BaseController {
   @override
   void init() {
      super.init();
      //child controller init stuff
   }
}

You can then call Controller.init(controllerInstance).