member-hiding – Tarik Billa

Java Name Hiding: The Hard Way

January 13, 2023 by Tarik

You can cast a null to the type and then invoke the method on that (which will work, since the target object isn’t involved in invocation of static methods). ((net.foo.X) null).doSomething(); This has the benefits of being side-effect free (a problem with instantiating net.foo.X), not requiring renaming of anything (so you can give the method … Read more

C# – Keyword usage virtual+override vs. new

October 12, 2022 by Tarik

I always find things like this more easily understood with pictures: Again, taking joseph daigle’s code, public class Foo { public /*virtual*/ bool DoSomething() { return false; } } public class Bar : Foo { public /*override or new*/ bool DoSomething() { return true; } } If you then call the code like this: Foo … Read more