How do I force a polymorphic call to the super method?

Question

I have an init method that is used and overridden through out an extensive heirarchy. Each init call however extends on the work that the previous did. So naturally, I would

Answer 1

Here's one way to raise an exception if a derived class fails to call up to the superclass:

public class Base {
    private boolean called;
    public Base() { // doesn't have to be the c'tor; works elsewhere as well
        called = false;
        init();
        if (!called) {
            // throw an exception
        }
    }
    protected void init() {
        called = true;
        // other stuff
    }
}