inheritance of variable in groovy

Question

Maybe it is the late hours :) But can any one tell why parent class does pull variables from the child

Foo {
   public String myString = "My test string of Foo"

   public printOutString () {
       println this.myString
   }
}

Bar extends Foo {
   public String myString = "My test string of Bar"
}

Foo.printOutString() //prints out "My test string of Foo" as expected

Bar.printOutString() //prints out "My test string of Foo" as not expected thought it would take the String from Bar instead

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

There is no field inheritance in Groovy nor in Java. You can override the value of the field, as the linked question's answer suggest:

class Foo {
   public String myString = "My test string of Foo"

   public printOutString () {
       myString
   }
}

class Bar extends Foo {
   { myString = "My Bar" }
}


assert new Foo().printOutString() == "My test string of Foo"
assert new Bar().printOutString() == "My Bar"

inheritance of variable in groovy

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