Implementing or Overriding?

From the JLS:

8.4.8.1 Overriding (by Instance Methods)

An instance method m1 declared in a class C overrides another instance method, m2, declared in class A iff all of the following are true:

1. C is a subclass of A.

2. The signature of m1 is a subsignature (?.4.2) of the signature of m2.

3. Either

* m2 is public, protected or declared with default access in the same package as C, or

* m1 overrides a method m3, m3 distinct from m1, m3 distinct from m2, such that m3 overrides m2.

Moreover, if m1 is not abstract, then m1 is said to implement any and all declarations of abstract methods that it overrides.

DrLaszloJamfa at 2007-7-8 23:11:28 >

> I'll try to respond in english for you.

But the JLS is written in English! And the last sentence in my quote is both clear and contradicts what you wrote!

"Moreover, if m1 is not abstract, then m1 is said to implement any and all declarations of abstract methods that it overrides."

So, the answer to the original question is that overrides and implements.

DrLaszloJamfa at 2007-7-8 23:11:28 >